30 day challenge, day 10

From Monday, while I was home with the snots: I started painting in the bookmarks.

This isn't directly about gilding, but it is about finishing the pieces. I now have a selection of half-painted scraps across the slope. I'm hoping to have a handful to donate to the gift basket at 12th night.

30 day challenge, day 11: more kitchen chemistry

From last night: still stirring plaster. Having started this project, it's not a great hardship to keep going.

Made a second batch of gesso, and spread it in dollops on baking parchment: I didn't have any test pieces already sketched to use the gesso while wet.

In my first batch, I may have gotten the proportions wrong, and added too much plaster; this second batch seems much smaller.

I measured quantities more carefully this time, and took more time grinding down the rock candy fine - first a mortar and pestle, then a spice grinder, which is a bit like a muller; This kitchen item was courtesy of thorngrove.  I've resisted buying a real glass muller, since I don't grind pigments (yet).

I'll need more titanium pigment for the next batch!

Since I'm making it far, far more quickly than I'm using it, I'm looking for interested users...