The first image is a painting I recently finished, the second is the older version. The next two images show off the copper and silver leaf.
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A year ago at a college reunion I did a sketch in oil paint of my friend just for practice. This year, he decided he wanted to buy it to give to his father for Father's Day. The painting was on a flimsy canvas panel, so I used Gorilla Glue to stick it to a nice wood panel. I applied genuine silver leaf to the edges of the wood panel, and genuine copper leaf around the border of the painting. I've never used metal leaf before, but it came out great and makes it look nice without a frame.
After all this I made some improvements to the oil painting itself. The biggest challenge with this is to make changes without overworking it and losing the freshness of the sketch.