A scroll for an outgoing thrown weapons champion.
Gouache and ink on Bristol, 9″x12″
Kattera asked me to do the calligraphy and a sketch for her to work from.
We picked this 15th c French Book of Hours, Beinecke MS 662, folio 21r, and replaced the miniature with the text.
I also borrowed this cat with bagpipes from another 15th c book of hours and swapped it in for a mermaid.
text done, sketch in progress.
Final sketch
Painting in progress
Almost done, just needs white work and line work.
Sources:
“Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.” Yale University , brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3446481.
https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3446481
Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.282, fol. 133v