Christa uses gilding to enhance mood and add richness to almost any medium. She uses acrylics, charcoal and handmade ink pens.
 
Christa studied art in South Africa and was co-owner of an art gallery, managing her own corporate promotional 
business including stationery design and gilding of corporate awards.

She has spent the last twelve years in Australia: Darwin, Gladstone and now Brisbane.

See Christa's work online at her website

Objective:

Our objective in this workshop was to learn how to incorporate gilding into our artworks.

Materials

• Any Ink
• A few big watercolour brushes (2cm + in width)
• Backing board and masking tape, slightly bigger than A3
• Optional water soluble graphite
• Watercolour paper 300gms A3 size

Christa provided:

• Eko-art Pens
• Lino Paper
• Gold Leaf and Size
• Patina and Thinners

Christia also had spare paper @ $2.50 a sheet, and a few Eko Art Pens for anyone who wanted to purchase this amazing tool.