rijmbijbel

This is the illuminated page I am working on for the blank scroll competition. In 6 days we are leaving for the event, and just now I looked at the digital image again and discovered a whole layer of shading that didn't come through on the print I've been working from. That combined with a whole line of kids outfits to be completed for the event, makes it less and less likely that the scroll will be done in time for the event...

Below is the link where you can look through the whole book.

http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/exposities/rijmbijbel/indexNew.php#

Making green paint to match the Rijmbijbel page. In the pigment,

Rijmbijbel can be found here: http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/exposities/rijmbijbel/indexNew.php#

kalkgroen - chalk green - lego green
smaragd groen - emerald green - nearly the same lego green.
Are these colors part of the medieval palette?

Terra verde with marmble polish and gum arabic. Previously made terra verde paint turned out kind of slimy. We're hoping to make it better by adding marble polish. It seems that it is still a bit slimy, but more opaque than the versions we made before.

Bertrik is doing goldwork on The Book. The warm gesso is polishing quite well. The surface is a bit uneven and in some spots the gold has not stuck. The next page polishes less well. It was meant to have more raised effect, but seems to have turned out too uneven to be polished very well.

I'm working on the illumination for year 1 and a blank scroll for the blank scroll competition at Double Wars.

Colors to be mixed:
-yellow
-green
-skin color

Na DW nadenken over planning voor het boek: stukje schrijven en te vergulden letters intekenen, dan een avond gesso maken en samen gesso opbrengen.