The Course Includes:

Gilded Vellum Course Summary

 In this online course, I will teach you:

  • Safety

  • Materials and Resources

    • What you need, where to get it with links to my suppliers

  • What makes a good image to gild

    • It can be a photograph of a flower, a portrait, almost anything you fancy

    • It can be an illustration, watercolor, a painting, a gravure -any image you have made.

  • Using your printer, settings, overcoming obstacles

  • Demonstrations. all steps, how to set up workspace

  • Varnishing before gilding

  • Masking print and coating with size. Design considerations.

  • Gilding the vellum using patent leaf

  • Conservation of materials for quality and cost savings

  • Not panicking & how to fix undesired effects.

  • How to preserve, display and store your artwork.

  • Complete with a private Facebook support group to ask questions and share successes

I’m Kevin Black. Your guide to this beautiful process.