Painting: Gold Self Portrait

This is my latest painting. A little self-portrait done mostly for practice.

This image was from a photograph of me and a friend that I cropped to get this interesting framing.

The canvas I used had been picked up on a trip to the Scrap Store, and it wasn't in too bad condition.

Since I already had the gold spray paint out (from this little project) I thought I'd spray some on the canvas just to see what effect it would give. I sprayed all around the edges and over one corner.

Since I was using a small canvas I had the opportunity to use my new table easel that I got given for Christmas. Works a treat.

 The gold paint can't be seen through the paint, but it looks great where I've left the canvas unpainted, especially on the edges which would usually be left white.