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Today – two more coats on wood with sand papering in between. Painting finished now. Need to remember to sand it tomorrow because I forgot to in my dream last night and it was a disaster (I think the situation was made worse by being in Tesco).
Cut book pages to size.

Practicing the gold leafing
I need to be an expert at this by Friday so I thought I should practice a bit. It doesn’t work on paper because its too porous but that’s ok because I’m not doing it on paper. I tried it on some metal instead. I need to keep the size thin. The woman in the draw shop said I could take the leaf away as soon as it had been pressed down but this was a problem – I may have to cut smaller sections so I can leave them on the surface to dry before rubbing away the edges.