Fresh Snow! Fresh Glue.

Turn off the soundtrack, it is a distraction. Good directions. Fresh 

snow is the chill ingredient in the recipe given by Ralph Mayer in

 The Artist Handbook of Materials and Techniques. This glue stays sticky

for a long time. it has been written that if one lets the glare (egg glue) 

go rotten; it can be used on a dry oil painting for gilding or preparation

for painting with egg tempera. 

I have 7 12x14" stretched lightweight canvas to gild. There is freshly

made glare from Tuesday's snow in the fridge. There are 500

leaves of 6.24" x 6.24" aluminum leaf. A good day to prepare the 

canvas for drawing upon.

best and onward,
deb