Sorry for the odd angle all the snapshots are at, the painting was very wide and I couldn't get it all in even standing agianst my back studio wall, so I had to stand a bit to the side to get most of it in. This is a shot of the next stage, adding in a darker teal toned leaf.

Another shot of the above, from a different angle. This layer of teal leaf was the second last layer added. When this particular type of leaf is varnished, it darkens in color. So after I finished gilding this layer, I applied a gloss acrylic varnish over just these teal parts to deepen them.