First of all, you can use gold leaf as the main body, this is a good way to start for newcomers, you can start by tracing the outline on the canvas with a pencil, make sure you can see the edges clearly, this will be important for the subsequent operation.

Then you can start to apply the gold leaf glue on the canvas, try to make the glue as thin as possible, this will ensure that the final gold leaf picture is flat and will make your gold leaf painting more detailed, you can apply some gold leaf glue outwards to cover the edge of the pencil to prevent the pencil marks from being seen, finally you need to wait for a few minutes until the gold leaf glue is dry, you can touch the gold leaf glue with the back of your hand and feel the stickiness. That's it!

Spread the gold foil on the gold foil glue, if you need more gold foil, you can overlap the gold foil, this way you won't see any gaps in the finished product, use a brush to sweep the gold foil flat, sweep away the excess gold foil, this is a good way to release our pressure, you can watch your work step by step in the formation, this is the control of the details, please make sure you have enough patience to adjust the whole picture

Finally you need to wait a while for the glue to dry further, then after about a day your gold leaf is ready to be put into the frame for preservation and display