More and More Calligraphy

I'm getting plenty of practice with a gothic hand.  More Bar and Ivy champion scrolls needed text, these are for Namron's event.  The design and illumination were done by other members of FireStorm Ink, a local scribal guild.

Archery Champion:

 Bardic Champion:

 Brewer:

 Artisan:

Isaac

More Calligraphy

Started working on the next round of champion scrolls this past weekend.  The gothic hand is looking pretty good now.  I also did a few lines for the Beowulf project on some test paper.  I wanted to get more done, but after everything this weekend, my hand just wasn't up for to much writing.

Isaac

Calligraphy

Been working on Calligraphy lately.  I'm currently working on page 5 of my Beowulf project.  I'm currently somewhere around line 160 of the story.

Also, I got asked to do some Gothic calligraphy for two champion scrolls for Wiesenfeuer's Baronial event that's coming up soon.  The design and painting of the pieces have been done by other members of FireStorm Ink, a local Scribal Arts guild.  I used a dip pen with a Brause nib.  The black ink is sumi and the red is Talon gouache.

Isaac

Beowulf Project Update

I currently have all of the illuminations drawn, most of them finalized and inked.  I'm now working through doing the calligraphy and seeing how all of the text and illuminations will lay out on each of the pages.

The line height is about 7 mm tall, and there's 35 lines per page, which is close to the fairly regular 38 lines per page of the Cotton Claudius B.iv.

Isaac

County Scroll Reviled

With the gifting of the county scroll done, I'm now going to post pictures of it up.
County Scroll done for Earl Duncan Arthur Ross the Black. The project had to be a larger size (16 x20), Vikingish, interests to try to include, weapons, armor, fighting, and a medieval lion would be a bonus.

Source: The Illustrated Old English Hexateuch, Cotton Claudius B.iv
Paper: Arches Hot Press Watercolor paper
Ink: Sumi Ink
Paint: Talens gouache, Grumbacher Academy, and a few ground pigments

These first two are during the finalizing of the drawings for the illuminated scenes.

Next is a page of test calligraphy I did to get an idea of the how the text looks and flows. A few final changes took place after doing this particular page.

The drafted layout of the final spacing for the full sized piece.  Yea, I'm a draftsmen...

In process, before color and during the inking. 

Now for the almost finished picture...  It's missing the Rex, Regina, and the signatures.

I didn't get any images after the signatures were done.

Isaac