I find it easiest to do work for someone I am close to. I feel like I can have more depth in my art with stronger feelings. Thus I took the assignment for the Order of Defense scroll for my friend Collin. I decided to do a black hours scroll, with a portrait piece. It was two pieces of black paper for the two pages of the scroll. I did not take as many pictures, and there were lots of practice pieces on this one, unfortunately, now lost to time.
The design was based on the Sforza Black hours here.
The design was based on the Sforza Black hours here.
Sometimes rapier manuals of the time period would include a portrait of the master in the front of their treatise. Agrippa did one, so I used his own portrait as the basis for the portrait of Collin.
First draft was calligraphy and the start of the vines and leaves. Added badge of the Order of defense and Collin's arms. The portrait was sketched in with base colors, the face flushed out.
Finished up the right page with the leaves, vines, flowers, strawberries, acanthus. Starting to do the background, shirt and sleeves. Worked on the oval, experimenting with the white on prctice sheets.
Returned back to the face to refine the color, add detail to the doublet, cloak and background. Finished product.
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