#Gold Leaf

[kelogsloops]

made a little painting about drifting in and out of sleep for my new artbook 😴

My first art book, ‘The Art of Kelogsloops’ is out now! It shares the artistic journey from my earliest drawings, to the paintings I make today. The book includes painting tutorials, art tips, advice on art style & an in-depth insight into how I make paintings from sketch, to finish.

If you'd like to check it out, you can find more info here: The Artbook

🎵 saidno - i'll miss u

#brbchasingdreams

[livesunique]

Golden Throne of Tutankhamun

New Kingdom, late 18th Dynasty, reign of Tutankhamun, ca. 1332-1323 BC. 

The luxurious armchair is distinguished by the complexity of its technique and an abundance of details. Two projecting lions’ heads protect the seat of the throne while the arms take the form of winged uraei or rearing cobras wearing the double Pschent crown of Egypt and guarding the cartouche names of the king.

The golden throne of Tutankhamun was discovered in 1922 by the British archeologist Howard Carter. It was found beneath a hippopotamus funerary bed in the antechamber of the Tomb of Tutankhamun.

The throne is called (Ist) in Egyptian hieroglyphs after the name of the mother goddess Isis. who was usually depicted bearing a throne on her head as her characteristic emblem. It is made of wood and covered with gold and silver. It is ornamented with semi-precious stones and colored glass.

The throne meant, not only the link between the worlds of Gods and the people, but also majesty, stability, safety and balance. Since kings were considered Gods on earth, it may not be difficult to imagine Tutankhamun imposing his divine will over the rest of mortals while sitting on this golden throne.

Wood, gold leaf, silver, semi-precious stones, glass paste,

Height: 102 cm, Length: 54 cm, Width: 60 cm,

Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

[albarrancabrera]

Albarran Cabrera   —–   Instagram

The Mouth of Krishna

2019, #427 Pigments, gampi paper and gold leaf

[pacificremains]

A beautiful smile

[letmeinimafairy]

When @erebus0dora told me about this absolutely gut-wrenching beautiful idea, I decided I'll try to make a couple of objects from Daniel's storage. So here's a second one, an Angel with pomegranate.

Painted on a piece of sea pottery, a commission for @dweeby . Hard to capture its true colors.

[tradingjack]

celestial bodies

[innavjuzhanina]

Working on the embellishments for the Jinx print 💙🖌️

It's available in the store in various formats 💜

[kabukiaku]

receive and consume….

redraw of a concert photo by Luke Sutton! Secondo just looked so ‘Saint-like’ in this photo, I had to recreate it. Done with alcohol-based markers, diluted gouache, watercolor pencils, and micron pens. 💙🧎‍♀️

[kirikiri1]

Meet Onyx, the cutest little noodle-man. This was a really fun (and extremely messy) experiment with getting gold leaf and scale structure onto fabric! For @tlh_on_main , a wonderful friend.

[kelogsloops]

channeling some klimt & art nouveau inspiration for this little painting for my artbook! 😄 #brbchasingdreams 🎵 saidno. - floating

prints | tutorials

[fyblackwomenart]

Tropical Night by Olga Boltenko-Beauharnais

[cherubii0224]

I am so in love with the texture of this paper! 😩 some sardines I painted with my new paul reubens watercolors that my bf got me for my birthday :)

[albarrancabrera]

Albarran Cabrera   —–   Instagram

The Mouth of Krishna

2024, #1033 Pigments, gampi paper and gold leaf.

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #WorldHoneyBeeDay 🐝 here are two golden illuminations from a pair of famous early 13th c. English bestiaries:

Aberdeen Bestiary, Univ. Lib. MS 24 f.63r Aberdeen University Library

Ashmole Bestiary, MS Ashmole 1511 f.75v Bodleian Libraries

[tanuki-kimono]

Cheerful sunrise colors for this vintage furisode showing sunlit clouds over a ground of squares (mimicing gold leaf appliqué).

You can see below how gold leaf square shapes can be seen when light hits just right:

I personally find the more classical obi (with ox cart pattern) a bit underwhelming but that's up to taste ^^