I missed these little ornaments.
So I’m very happy to show you my latest inital, an L, 4cm in height.
Gold leaf, watercolor & walnut ink on watercolor paper.
And, if this one is already sold, there are a few new ones in the online store if you are interested (not to mention that if you want one that is not listed, I take commissions).
This is the opening poem of The Flowers Of Evil by Charles Baudelaire.
Hence the flourishing decoration, made of flowers, and the color choice, black & red.
In case you like this script, there’s an ongoing online course on the subejct, you can check it at : https://www.thegentlepenman.com/frenchgothicbastarda
Next (and probably last for this year) online course in French on filigrees, the golf club version, will take place next weekend, 4 & 5th of February
Information & registration on the French version of the agenda
This were the last words said by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
And, during this period of the year (at least in the Northen part of the world), that’s something we can say every day 🙂
Here is a lettered version with gouache and gold leaf on hemp paper. The letters are 1.7cm high (except the M & the H of course).
Next year (that is to say very soon now), I will teach filigrees online again.
Filigrees, a manuscript approach is a 4 hours course (2×2 hours) where I will talk about different filigree patterns from several manuscripts.
This new versal shows examples of some of these patterns.
The course (in English) will take place on January 14 and 15, from 6 to 8 PM, French time.
It will be taught via zoom and the recording will be available for one month after the live.
The cost of the course is 60€.
You can register by clicking on this link.
I am making progress on my materials for the course on 12th century initials and filigrees that will take place next April.
But, of course, nothing beats creating to put into practice the elements found in the manuscripts. So here is a small piece of a work in progress.
Yes, it’s green (sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zone), soon a complete view of this composition and, in the meantime, you can already register for the course at the Arche de Saint-Antoine.
I am very happy to have been asked by IAMPETH for the second year in a row to participate to IAMPETH Virtual, a set of 12 one-hour demos, online and in English with 12 professionals from all over the world.
I’ll be talking (again) about filigrees but this time about a rather special pattern, spirals!!!
