I just got email from the last teacher I owe work to.... ungrammatical, tough shit. I was supposed to give my presentation on Monday at 3, and was going to KY on Tues or Wed. She says, though, that we have to change the presentation date to Thursday. I am SO not amused. I wanted to get this crap over and done. Who would have thought that any grad ( Read more... )

I found out Wed AM before I went to the book repair workshop for the day that I was to be able to make a scroll in honor of my lovely apprentice harlenquinzell receiving a Coral Branch on Sat at Ymir. Eek. I rummaged through my books and found one with a good selection of artwork that might work, and slammed it into my bag as I ran out the door. Sunneva and I ( Read more... )

I am surprised at my mood today, though maybe I shouldn't be. In spite of three invitations for tonight, (including one set of plans) I find that what I am in the mood to do is sit and paint. I suppose I could blame/thank zihuatenejo for this-- I went over there last night and painted for the first time in over a year. I half expected that my hand would be ( Read more... )

Well, at least in the context of my usual, sit-in-my-room sort of weekend, this one had some stuff going on ( Read more... )

I got the Laurel's Tourney prize done. Two days... that's almost a speed record for me. Heh. You can see it here. I based it on this illumination from the Alphonso Psalter ( Read more... )

Quite the pleasant weekend. ( See more details of the weekend )

The scroll is.... 99% done. If it has to be, it's done now. I'd like to touch up the outlines of the gold leaf, but that's it. Last night around 10:30 or 11 I had a serious oh, shit! moment when I realized I had several more hours of work to do, which was way more than I had hoped. I don't know why it finally hit me then, but the adrenaline kicked ( Read more... )

General frustration. The scroll is nearly done... really. Very little painting left to do. It's just that I've reached that unfortunate phase where I'm tired of looking at it. Happens every time; it always just takes a bit longer to finish than my enthusiasm lasts. Annoying. It's also unfortunate that I have other stuff to do to get ready for the ( Read more... )

The painting is coming along nicely on the scroll. However.... the gold leaf is looking weird. Sigh. What was a perfectly mirror finish when first applied is now crazed with tiny lines or even completely eroded off the gesso. I haven't been abusing it, either. It's not a problem with the gesso, which is performing beautifully. I think it must be ( Read more... )

Second entry today... I got the gold leaf on the gesso. Woot! Amazing, though, how something that shines like... well, gold... makes every little flaw show right up. I burnished the gesso before applying the leaf, so it was nice and shiny. Oh, baby. It'ts looking SO good. I have to lean up the lines... the gold stuck to them, too. (I could never ( Read more... )