For something different I thought I'd attend a
newbies activity day organised by the local representative of the Lochac
Scribes Guild. I've been interested in illumination ever since I dated
Master Piers of Malmsbery who made the most beautiful scrolls. He'd spend hours
upon hours planning layout and themes and each one was lovingly crafted for the
individual. So having tried some rough attempts myself, I thought I'd get some
expert direction. So I went along to MrD's house (I can't spell his SCA name -
sorry) and he gave me some ideas on the finer points of gouche. He also
informed me that I could make AoA scrolls for people if I submitted an exemplar
to the college and it was deemed acceptable. I got really excited because
Piers' Laurel
scroll is still available for assignment and if I can make it awesome enough, I
think it'd be lovely to give it to him if I can lure him to court one day.
Anyway, I present my exemplar. It's been styled
after the
Macclesfield
Alphabet Book. It is similar to my
previous
attempt which was done with acrylics. I have added some things and remove
the berries and tried to stay true to the colour scheme. I have sort of failed
in one way because the original colour scheme has two red pallets, one fading
to an orange and one fading to a pink. Ah well, I still think it is vastly
superior to any of the attempts I have made with acrylic thus far. I'd hope someone would be happy to have something like this on their wall as their AoA.
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