It's gone pear shaped!

The background on this wood box canvas has so many layers that I honestly cant remember in what order I applied colours, wiped back and sanded! And if I did recall I would have to right an essay on here to explain.
I do remember however applying gesso with a pallet knife first to give lots of texture.

Once the background was in place the pear shape was drawn roughly with a white pastel pencil and filled in with white crackle paste.

Once the crackle paste had cracked it was given a coat of Flitter glue and left to dry.

Mega flakes in Sheffield Steel were then applied over the pear.

The flakes sunk nicely into the cracks which is what I was hoping for.

A coat of Decoart Faux Finishing Medium was painted over the flitter to give it some tooth so that it would hold washes of paint.

I coloured the pear with washes of Decoart Traditions in the following order, Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide, Quinacridone Gold and finally Quinacridone Burnt Orange.

Because these colours are so translucent the light is able to pass through them and bounce back from the silver leaf (sheffield Steel).   

Finally I spattered the pear with Burnt Umber.

When light or the sun hits the canvas the pear glows!

Here is a close-up of the background, as you can see lots going on.

Once the pair was dry I painted in the table, added shading and light then finally stamped and stenciled with Americana Titanium White.

These wood canvases are great to paint on, this one came from the US, if anyone knows where I can get them over here in the UK please let me know.

Thanks for reading,

Andy