October 2009
Beginner
240 pages
7h 35m
English
book
Robin Williams Handmade Design Workshop: Create Handmade Elements for Digital Design
by Carmen Sheldon, Robin Williams
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Tools and materials
• Substrate: canvas,
watercolor paper, wood,
Bristol board, metal,
ceramic, glass, etc.
• Basecoat of acrylic paint
(try red oxide, black,
or yellow ocher)
• Metal leaf adhesive size
• Metal leaf (an alloy of
inexpensive metals)
• Metal leaf sealer
• Small watercolor brush
• Large, soft watercolor
brush
You can also use:
• Metallic graphic art tape
• Krylon Leafi ng Pens
• Opaque metallic pens
• Liquid Leaf product
Metal-Leaf an Image
After spending three weeks in Italy looking at all the religious
paintings slathered in gold leaf, I went through my “ gilt phase” where
nearly everything I did had metal leaf on it. It’ ...
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