thumbs up: penwork; thumbs down: Gothic calligraphy

[aryanhwy]

This was my project for Sunday:


Lindquistringes for Katherine Percival


A back-log Lindquistringes, based on British Library MS Arundel 134 f. 2, France, 2nd half of the 13th C. I'm much happier with how this penwork initial turned out (the ratio of white space to colored space in the inner bit is much closer to the original), though I still feel like I don't know how to finish off the ends -- my flourishes at the end of the vertical block aren't right.

And, man, Gothic hands are my downfall. This is a very sorry attempt. I just can't seem to keep all my angles the same and all my vertical lines straight. sigh.

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[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

I don't have a lightbox; when I need to trace, I usually do it either on the window (if it's a rare sunny day in Amsterdam), or I scan the picture I want to trace and trace it from my computer monitor (which makes my husband cringe in horror). I hadn't thought about vertical guidelines; maybe I'll try adding those next time.