The Sign Painters Academy is an all-encompassing online sign painting course launched by Paul Myerscough of Bespoke Signs. It offers a thorough insight into the techniques and skills needed for a career in sign painting. Primarily video-based, you are able to see first hand and up close the details of painting letters. It is instantly …
I’m so excited to finally have a reverse glass gilding tutorial! Here at Handover, we get asked a lot about the process of reverse glass gilding, Jay Holland, more often known as Greater Opacity, has created this tutorial to de-mystify the process and to answer some of the most commonly asked questions. You can see …
Newcastle based Alex Richardson of Mango Signs has put together this brilliant tutorial on surface gilding and the wizardry of directional burnishing! Check out his video and instructions below, and to see more of Alex’s work, visit his Instagram here! Surface gilding is the method of using gold size to lay down gold leaf to …
Shell Gold – so called because traditionally it was made and stored in a shallow shell such as a clamshell, is genuine gold, finely ground to a pigment and bound with gum arabic to form a solid watercolour pan. Shell gold has a number of uses – in painting of religious icons, to paint fine …
– “The Poor Man’s Acid Etch” I’m very excited about this customer-created tutorial! Archie of Irregular Signs demonstrates how to create a beautiful texture to a reverse glass gild. Archie is a friend of Handover and has recently painted a sign for in Handover HQ, you can see that, and more of his work over …
Next in the customer created tutorials is traditional flower painting. I was lucky enough to meet Steph (and her excellent dog Blue) at the Norwich Letterheads hosted by Kieran Harper and Rizzo Studio. Steph is new to signwriting but has been painting these roses for a while after being shown by a friend, and has …
There are a number of ways to transfer a design, the traditional way is with a pouce pattern. This method requires the design be drawn to scale and then the lines are perferated by small dots using a pouce wheel. The paper can then be flipped and lightly gone over with sandpaper, this isnt essential, …
The two 1 Shot tints have been specially developed for use with 1 Shot Lettering Enamels. The 4001 Tinting Black produces various shades of grey without streaking when added to 101L Lettering White, and 103L Polar White. It can also be used to darken all 1 Shot Lettering Enamels without “muddying” the colors allowing an …
There are a number of products available that can be used to create a cracked effect for aging and for adding interest to pieces. Below is a rundown of products currently available through A. S Handover. Polyvine Crackle Glaze This water-based glaze is applied in between two layers of emulsion and causes the top coat …
A little while ago I attended a Kölner gilding workshop run by Gold Leaf Supplies, the UK distributor of the Kölner range, and Richard Walker at Watergild Studios. I got to see first hand how quick and easy it is to use and how impressive the results can be. Kölner offer products for gilding on …
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