Once the last of the glazes is dry it is time to start painting the lettering. We started by putting two coats of a cream colour on the lettering.

At this point, the sign really comes together - the focus is clearly on the lettering! It is a sign after all and needs to do its job.

After that, we gilded the primary copy. And, once the gold leaf was on, we touched up the secondary lettering with couple of brush strokes of white to brighten it up and balance the sign.

The sign needed a couple of days of dry heat to cure before we sent it on to its final home.