Art Demo: How Terese Uses Gold Leaf on Star Wars Prints and Originals

Well, finally!  I've been trying to figure out how to do this for a while now.  For some reason, I was having a lot of difficulty learning how to do little movies, and then get them small enough to load to You Tube.  The above demo is just under 10 minutes, and took like, a year, to load and process. 

If anyone knows a trick to condense the files, that would be helpful.  Otherwise, I'll keep the demos to no more than 3 minute segments from now on.

I love gold leaf and use it in paintings whenever I can.  The effect can be magical, so people frequently ask me how I do it.  This maiden voyage video is the first of many to come in answer to the "how to" questions I get, so stay tuned for more art demos to come in the following weeks and months.  If you haven't already, sign up for my blog feed so you'll be sure not to miss anything.

Comments

[Nana]

Great idea. I'll love to follow your other art demos.
Referring to reduce the size of the videos you need lower bitrate, in other words, reduce the average number of bits that one second of video or audio data will consume.
Depending on video format you have to use one soft or another. For example, if the format video is avi you can use virtual dub, is a powerful and free soft.
I have written some manuals about this issue, but are all in Spanish. Anyway you can check the best web about that: http://www.videohelp.com/
Best wishes.
Nana

[Gallegos]

Woo Mucha! Woo Klimt!

Very cool, Terese. I've always loved gold leaf and your use of it in your originals. Been a bit afraid to experiment with it myself--I've always liked the occasional use in art history of leafing on lettering in oil paintings. I'd have used it on my Angel Quest piece but was a lil' scared.

I have some pieces coming up this year that I wanted to use it on for lettering, so now I know how! Yay. But ooh, I want the 14k stuff :-(

[Jeff Miracola]

Great video, Terese. I bet you have a secret "gold room" in your house where all walls, furniture and pets are covered in gold foil :-) I always love seeing your techniques. It looks like so much fun.

[Riss]

This is so cool of you to share this, Terese. I've always had this horrid fascination with gold leaf (and also Mucha) but I've been a little too afraid of trying it. I think after this I am going to definitely try this out soon :}

[Chris]

Awesome! Great tutorial, thank you.