[MR] A Peerage Scroll

[Lady Rhiannon of Berra]

Now that we've established that gold leaf goes first..
and as one who can barely do paint by numbers, let
alone something so wondrous as what we've all seen...I
have to ask... is there a reason WHY the gold leaf is
done first?

Rhi the curious


--- Brian Pfeifer <brian_pfeifer at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: atlantia-admin at atlantia.sca.org
> >[mailto:atlantia-admin at atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf
> Of Lucinda Welenc
> >Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 3:49 PM
> >To: merry rose
> >Subject: Re: [MR] A Peerage Scroll
>
> >
> >Most impressive!  Can the scribes in the tavern
> confirm that
> >Goldwork is done *first* and then painted around?
> I would
> >have thought that the painting would be first, and
> then the
> >gilding added.
> >
> >--
> >Alanna
>
>
> I know this is not authoritative, but I thought some
> might be interested. My
> grade school art teacher, and church organist, and
> chior director, and cool
> guy, used to paint religious icons and gave one to
> my older brother as a
> Confirmation present. Of course he did every other
> art under the sun as
> well, but  since gold leaf is the topic at hand,
> I'll just stick to the
> icons. Here's what I remember:
>
> First he took a board and carved out a field in
> which to paint. He then
> covered the field with coat after coat of gesso
> until he had built ou a
> thick, smooth surface. He then sketched in his
> design by scratching the
> gesso surface with a stylus. I'm sure he put down
> some form a siezing, but
> at that age I was fastinated by the thin sheets of
> gold, and not as
> concerned with learning technique. The gold leaf
> went down, and I remember
> him brushing off the gold that was "outside the
> lines." Then he mixed up his
> egg tempura paints and went to work. I was amazed
> that he could just mix
> some powders with an egg yolk and a little water and
> paint. One last detail.
> I swear that he created a translucent effect in
> places by painting directly
> on top of the gold leaf. I have recently witnessed
> guache sitting in bubbles
> on top of gold leaf and not laying down, so I don't
> know if it's a
> difference of medium, or that my memory is faulty,
> but those are the
> memories I have of icon painting. Mr Manski always
> put down his gold leaf
> before the paints.
>
>
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Gina MacNeill
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