pigment – Page 3 – Anachropsy

Ar Rannou

I’ve just finished a work started years ago, that was left unfinished because of an overdose of knotwork.

It is a breton text from the Barzaz Breizh, a collection of songs published by Th. de La Villemarqué in the XIXth century.

I used a semi uncial for the text, séparating each verse by a knotwork panel and ending by the title in drawn capitals inspired by the Lindisfarne Gospel. To breathe modernity into the work, I took colors different from the ones used historically, using only earth pigments (Sienna, Umbria, …).

Another detail can be seen here, and the whole work, there.

blue vine

A small initial decorated with white vine, I’m happy with the shape of the vine but the gilding was difficult, I don’t practise enough.

One does not see anything until one sees its beauty

A new sentence, this time from The Decay of lying by Oscar Wilde.
I took some pics of banks while walking, which inspired me while drawing the upper border. A bit of italic for the text and it’s done.

to see the whole work, it’s in the gallery.

A dream without stars …

Third item of my series of sentences and second one by Paul Eluard.

This time, I used a flemish bastard script on a background made with bleach.

To see the whole work, click here.

Only throw angels to devils

As promised, a picture of one of the works done during the exhibition in Coulon.

It’s a sentence by Paul Eluard, written with pigments and gum before being decorated with … surprise … filigrees 🙂

To see the whole work, click here.

Aeneid

Latest but not last version of one of my favorite fragment from Vergil‘s Aeneid. Still not what I want but getting closer.

Forty

As a birthday card for a friend of mine who will soon reach the stage of 40, a little work with filigrees.

To see the whole thing, click here.

Painting the street

I’ve been playnig with man hole covers but it’s not enough.
The street is not only man hole covers, it also has pedestrian crossing and asphalt.
So here is my first version of an urban landscape, there will be others as I’m not totally satisfied with this one.

First some close-ups :

And then a view of the whole thing :

Filigree power

I introduce a new design of decorated initials. Around the skeleton of the letter, I organize the decoration and then review the drawing of the letter for it to match the shape of the filigrees. It has something of stained glass pattern and above all a taste of decadent gothic, I like it 🙂

Valentine’s day

2 little works related to this feast

the love dice, to know whether (s)he still loves you (I’ve cheated a bit, there’s a heart engraved on each side).

And an initial V

Happy Valentine’s day to all lovers and all the others !!