Both samples have the following processes:
Fill and sand wood
Size glue coat 1:8
7 layers of gesso 1:10
Sand gesso (240 and 400)
5 layers of Charbonnel rouge bole 1:13 on inner and outer sections
Burnish bole with wire wool 0000 and degrease with meths
Apply moulded acanthus mitre leaf ornament
Water gild in 23.5ct gold leaf
Quick drying acrylic primer/undercoat on scoop and side
Sample 1. (on left) colour and finishing (paints are Farrow & Ball):
Hay solid base coat No. 37
Lime white wash No. 1
Cats paw wash No. 240
Light gray wash No. 17
Liming wax on scoop and sides
Warm ochre dry pigment
Raw sienna light dry pigment
Everest grey pigment
Light rottenstone
Distress gilding with 0000 wire wool
Burnish inner sight edge and outer high point
Oil gild with1 hour Japan size the highlights of acanthus leaf
Distress acanthus leaf with rottenstone
Seal gilding and paint finish with Lascaux Fixativ spray
Sample 2. (on right) colour and finishing:
Stony ground base coat No. 211
Lime white wash No. 1
Pavilion gray wash No. 242
Light gray wash No. 17
Liming wax on scoop and sides
Everest clay pigment
Everest blue pigment
Everest brown pigment
Naples yellow light hue
Dark rottenstone
Distress gilding with 0000 wire wool
Burnish outer high point
Seal gilding and paint finish with Lascaux Fixativ spray
