Gilding For Absolute Beginners

Fall: October 15, 22, 29; Nov. 5, 2024 (Once a Week for 4 Weeks)

11:00am - 12:30pm PST

2:00pm - 3:30pm EST

*(Adjust for Local Time Zone)

*Note: Daylight Savings Time:

March 10, 2024 (Clocks Go Forward 1 Hour)

Nov. 3, 2024 (Clocks Go Back 1 Hour)

**All Classes Are Live Online And Backup Recorded, Perfect If You Need To Miss A Class!

CLASS SIZE LIMIT: 10

Fascinated by the thought of gilding but simply don’t know where to begin? Then this is the class to take - Gilding…for Absolute Beginners!

We all need to start somewhere and this Introductory gilding class is designed for those just beginning. Students will learn during their first class how to seal and apply a yellow and red painted undercoat in preparation for gilding with an acrylic emulsion as the gilding adhesive. This adhesive is known as a mordant and like all acrylics, it’s water-based and cleans-up with soap and water but dries permanently, creating an excellent bond for imitation and genuine gold and other metal leafs to a variety of surfaces. We will use the same emulsion to gild an artist’s Canvas Board with Brass Leaf (Imitation Gold) as our first gilded class project.

We then progress to the gilding in our second session, applying 23k Gold Leaf to our second class project that was painted with a yellow and red undercoat. We’ll also discuss the comparisons between Oil-Based and Acrylic Emulsion Mordants and the applications for both.

Our third session we graduate to gilding a third class project using genuine 23k Gold Leaf and Quick Oil Size as our adhesive with an overview of the techniques of using the gilder’s tools: the Pad, Knife, and Tip with guidance in the care of the tools and in handling precious gold and silver leaf.

We embark on our fourth and Final session with an overview of the other major methods and techniques of gold leaf gilding including Traditional Water Gilding, Pastiglia, Sgraffito, Granito, Glass Gilding, and Verre Églomisé.

Join us for this excellent Introduction to the ancient world of gold leaf gilding!

Note: Question and Answer periods are included in each weekly session. Classes are both Live Online and Recorded. Recordings remain viewable for six months after the series ends.

A Materials List will be provided upon Registration. ~

CANCELLATION POLICY: Although No Refunds are available, a Full Credit to Any Future Available Class of equal or lesser value will be provided if you need to cancel. Or if you prefer, you may receive the full Recording Series from the class you joined or from a previously recorded series of your online class. Go Here to View the Complete Cancellation Policy.