Recently I stepped up into a Deputy Clerk Signet position for my Kingdom. At Holiday Faire the Clerk Signet gave me a chance to select which award I wanted to take. I selected one for a friend of mine who was receiving her Opal. Heloise is special to me, not just because she comes from my Barony so I wanted something that would signify what a jewel she is. I selected a page from the Catherine of Cleves (one of my favorite books) as the exemplar. As usual, the original was likely done on parchment or velum with gold leaf or shell gold, using lapiz, vermillion, lead red or cochineal, terra vert, ochers, sienna, umber, carbon black, and lead white.
I used more modern materials, pergamenta, finetec gold, gouache paints, and Higgins ink. The final image is roughly 5"x7".
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