Wood panel // Frangipani

Why I chose to use mixed materials

I was looking for a way to create a wood panel painting that looked a bit like a 15th-century painting. I used gold acrylic paint mixed with Creall pearl mix to imitate the gold leaf gilding. Posterpaint because it is easy to give a panel painted with posterpaint an old vintage, distressed look by sanding it. And oil paint for the finishing touch.

Used materials

Talens Amsterdam acrylic paint 802 Gold Light;
Talens School colour (poster paint) White;
Talens School colour (poster paint) Deep Blue 502;
Creall Dacta colour poster paint 10 Primary Blue;
Creall pearl mix (pearly medium);
Talens Amsterdam acrylic picture varnish 115 mat;
Talens Amsterdam oil colour 508 Prussian Blue;
Daler-Rowney acryl colour Gold (imit) 701;
Van Gogh oil colour Azo Yellow Lemon 267.

Working process // Wood panel painting Frangipani

Sketches of a frangipani — During a drawing challenge I made some sketches of a frangipani.

woodpanel goldenpaint pearlmix — Step 1: applying several layers of gold acrylic paint mixed with pearl mix.

woodpanel blue posterpaint — Step 2: applying a mixture of blue posterpaint and pearl mix on acrylic paint.

woodpanel white posterpaint pearlmix — Step 3: applying white poster paint mixed with pearl mix.

woodpanel sanded — Step 4: sanding the wood panel painting.

woodpanel colour pastel pencil — Step 5: exploring colouring with pastel pencils on the wood panel painting > failure.

Woodpanel oil paint FrangiPani — Step 6: After removing the pencil drawing, I tried oil paint on the wood panel painting.

woodpanel acrylpaint gold Frangipani — Step 7: Adding yellow and gold acryl colour to the wood panel painting.