Sunday, June 17, 2018

Wedding card for Helen and Guy

Guido et Helena

Last week two friends got married, and as I was going to be seeing both of them at a workshop on Monday, I decided to do them a little wedding present. Finding images of weddings in medieval manuscripts is easy -- not only are there depictions of a lot of royal weddings and weddings from myth and story, there's also the wedding at Cana.

The basic design I adapted from British Library MS Arundel 157 f. 6v:

Arundel 157 f. 6v

But I took the floor and trestle table from British Library MS Harley 4431 f. 122v so that I could make use of the "pet sitting on the lady's feet" and incorporate Helen's fantastic cat Lorenzo:

Harley 4431 f. 122v

I adapted the cat from British Library MS Harley 928 f. 44v; cat faces are tricky, and the fact that this one was smudged didn't help me:

Harley 928 f. 44v

Finally, I took the tripartite background from British Library MS Royal 10 E IV f. 229v:

Royal 10 E IV f. 229v

And here's some of the in-process images:

Sketching it out.

Guido et Helena

Outlining.

Guido et Helena

It's like drawing your own coloring book and then coloring it in.

Guido et Helena

More painting.

Guido et Helena

All the base coats done, and the size down for the gilding.

Guido et Helena

Before gilding and re-inking.

Guido et Helena

After gilding and re-inking.

Guido et Helena


© 2018, Sara L. Uckelman.

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