I was given a backlog assignment for a dear friend, Katherine Stanhope. I wanted to do something spectacular and even asked if she had a preference. She didn't, so away I went with a riff on the Black hours manuscripts. I used arches black 80 pound paper.
Research information:
You can find references here.
I used mosaic gold, silver windsor newton goauche, windsor newton ultramarine mixed with windsor newton permanent white. For the calligraphy, I brushed the silver windsor newton goauche onto a calligraphy pen.
And now the pictures.
Research information:
You can find references here.
I used mosaic gold, silver windsor newton goauche, windsor newton ultramarine mixed with windsor newton permanent white. For the calligraphy, I brushed the silver windsor newton goauche onto a calligraphy pen.
And now the pictures.
Layout, Penciled in design, words in silver goauche.
I laid down the augmented arms first and then laid down the mosaic gold. Finally the blue was added as the background.
Finished product. Background in ultramarine, tiny circles in silver and the initial T in silver.
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