Heather Victoria Held taught this floral, off-hand flourish she called a cartouche. Off-hand flourishes are spontaneous and not planned. They were a way for master penmen to entertain each other and maybe to show off a little bit.
The work was done using a Nikko G nib and Dr. Martin's Bleed Proof White on a piece of tannish cardstock. The cartouche begins with the center floral cluster and grows from there. Since I usually plan things out, this was outside the box for me to just wing it. I did find creating it meditative and relaxing.
After flowers, leaves, and flourishes have dried, a touch of color is added using colored pencils.
This is gorgeous CJ. Perhaps a favorite for me. Hope you stay dry when the rain arrives.
ReplyDeleteThey are pretty and make a nice decoration
DeleteMedieval doodling! Who knew? LOL ;)
ReplyDeleteWell, not that far back. This art form is from the Golden Age of Penmanship from 1865 -1920 so 19th to early 20th centuries
Delete"off-hand"?! Wow, it's beautiful and looks carefully planned to me. How marvelous!
ReplyDeleteThe only planning was rotating the paper 90 degrees 😺
DeleteCJ....oh em cod....I thought this was a piece of jewelry until I started to read the post...EXCELLENT job....EXCELLENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ☺☺☺♥♥♥
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DeleteSo beautiful. I love it.
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DeleteCJ, this is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you
DeleteBig WOW, this beautiful!
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DeleteTruly gorgeous CJ!
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