Learn the traditional technique of egg tempera painting and gilding. Students will be carefully guided through the different stages of the work. An outline drawing is first prepared and transferred onto a white gesso panel. Red bole is then applied onto the panel, upon which the gold leaf is laid. After gilding is completed students begin to develop the painting in egg tempera, beginning with a tonal under painting (verdaccio), over which are developed the colours in transparent glazes in many layers of pure colour . When the painting is complete students will learn how to decorate areas of the painting with fine patterns of gold using a different technique known as mordant gilding, by this method intricate areas of detail can be illuminated with gold.