For the Silver Leaf project featured in the Great Artists book I found that the most vivid distinction came from using the dark construction paper the book recommended. I highly recommend oil pastels instead of the suggested crayon or chalk because I feel that the bold colors look better against the dark paper. The goal of the project is for the gold or silver leaf to "pop" against everything else. I feel this best happens with the black paper.
The acrylic paint did cause some folding even though I used heavy cardstock paper. This was my second favorite of the three attempts but it does require quite a few more steps and time.
To me the gold leaf doesn't "pop" at all against the stark white cardstock. This was my least favorite of the three variations I did.
The Annunciatory Angel and Halos that I used came from Anna at Inside the Lines. I want to make sure and give her credit for this awesome file. I think that using this angel or one similar to it would be fine for older Journeymen and Masters classes but would be far too difficult for Abecedarians and Apprentices. In our community I told my tutors to allow the students to draw whatever they wanted and then spend time gluing their gold or silver leaf on last.
**I always like to honor what the book suggests as much as possible but I do think for younger students a gold or silver metallic Sharpie would be an okay substitution.
In the video below I demonstrate three different takes on this project and the outcomes of each.
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