Sunday

Making a gilded frame - Distress and finish



The sides of the frame are painted with acrylic primer undercoat, and then a grey emulsion. The frame is then given a distress with 0000 wire wool, to show the bole colour under the leaf. Finally the whole frame is given a protective spray coat of Lascaux UV Protect. I think I actually prefer the finish before the distressing, or maybe I just went in a little hard with the wire wool.