OUGD601 COP Practical - Outlining the text

On day 2 I began to proceed to apply enamel to my design, I started off with a brush way too thick which would of created a line too dense meaning little of the leaf would show. The reason the enamel is applied first is the reverse image (outside) will look glossy and sophisticated you can however do this the other way round but the results can be both messy and further time consuming if gone wrong.

Before getting in to the swing i experimented with the different brushes to make sure which was going to work out best for me. Once deciding on a brush I proceeded to trace over my existing line, unfortunately the first glass was not opaque and was still letting light through it was then that I realised that the outlining process was going to the longest part of the gilding, it took around 6 hours for each layer to dry and in this case it took 3 layers to complete meaning this added a considerable amount of time to my intended finishing aim.