The background are gold with gold leaves. This is already second layer and when it is dried up i my add the glazes.
Exercising portrait painting
The background are gold with gold leaves. This is already second layer and when it is dried up i my add the glazes.
Tauno Erik 
Interesting to see your process. Are you using oils?
Yes i am using oils. Although in the underlayer i use acrylic medium to give more structure to surface before painting.