Commission

A week before Christmas, a gentleman contacted me for a special commission. He had written a declaration of love to his fiancée and wanted it scribed as a gift. At first, I was worried he wanted it for Christmas because that wasn't going to happen. Fortunately, he wanted it for 4. January, her birthday.

His text was long ( letter height at 1/8 inch) and worked out to fit a 16 inch x 20 inch  sheet of Arches Text Wove as he wanted to roll it as a scroll to present to her. The Text Wove is a soft paper and could be rolled without creasing. Color palette was blue, green, and pink gouache with a blue illuminated initial on a gold ground (Schminke Gold Perl watercolor)  and a vine with suitable decoration.

I'm always a little nervous delivering these works. Have I correctly interpreted the writer's vision? Will they like it? Art is so subjective. The gentleman was very pleased and complimented my work. I'm wearing two cowboy hats today.