#30in30 - Day 17 and Day 18 - Spirit of the Falls

This is part of a large painting I’m working on. The texture here is silver leaf with multiple glazes of opaque, interference and irridescent Acrylics. I’ve tried the special glue for leafing, but I much prefer gels and mediums depending on the surface I need it to adhere to. Golden Gloss Soft Gel is particularly useful. It takes a very light touch, but I apply the gel, then pick up whole sheets of leaf, tear it and gently waft it into place. I then use a brush to manipulate and push it onto the gel. Later I go back and coat with gloss gel. Matte gel doesn’t work well over the leafing becaus it is slightly opaque, although it does give a different effect. Experimentation is the key here.

The larger chunks on the bottom are dried gloss gel broken up and applied with more gloss gel. I can’t remember which gloss gel this was, but possibly Liquitex and it has a slightly yellowed look which I’m not keen on. Below is another section I’m working on with more iridescent and interference acrylics; I love them, but sooooo difficult to photograph. This painting is not co-operating and is time consuming, so I will publish different sections each day on the 30in30 blog.

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