Projects

Italian Scroll Blank

A while back I’d picked up a copy of The Prayer Book of Michelino Da Besozzo.  It’s got a lot of nice examples from the original prayer book to include illumination and calligraphy.   I’d planned on using one of the plates for a scroll at some point.  The last time I went to visit my Laural, she presented me with a scroll blank in progress.  The pencil work had been done as had the gold leaf.

Progress images:

My daughter even got in on the action!
Figuring out how to get the flowers just right.
Not too bad for a novice painter.
Still have to go back and fill that one in.
Funny story, so the paintbrush bounced out of my hand while I was doing the green. I was able to get most of it up.

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