Master The Art - Our Courses
Gilding
Paint Finishes
What you will learn.
In these courses, as well as giving you a short history of the art, we deal in detail with the preparation of furniture, frames, etc., for decoration or gilding. We also cover, in depth, decoration and finishes, and briefly look at furniture restoration.
The aim of the courses is for the student to become knowledgeable in the techniques of cleaning and restoring, to know how to decorate, marble and grain furniture, or in the gilding course, be fully competent at preparing gesso, and laying and burnishing gold leaf.
In both courses the emphasis is always on first-hand experience, under close supervision, so that the student emerges well versed in all the materials.
Our courses run Monday - Thursday 10am-5pm and include lunch and tea.
Syllabus - Gilding
Monday
Introduction to tools and materials
The difference between water and oil gilding
Preparation of furniture for gesso
Making of gesso
Tuesday
Practice session
Gesso application
Preparing for laying of gold
Wednesday
Laying and burnishing gold
Cutting of gesso
Oil gilding
Gilding on glass
Thursday
Laying gold
Burnishing
Toning and distressing
Cleaning and reviving old gold
Finishing frame
Syllabus - Paint Finishes
Monday
Introduction to materials and tools
Preparation of furniture and objects
Preparing pattern boards for marbleising and graining
Tuesday
Painting and picking out
Lines and dragging
The difference between oil and water based finishes
Wednesday
Marbleising
Oil gilding lines and motifs
Malachite
Thursday
Graining and tortoiseshelling
Porphyry
Toning and antiquing
