Thursday, July 8, 2021

Society of Scribes Workshop - Cartouche

 

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.

15 comments:

  1. This is gorgeous CJ. Perhaps a favorite for me. Hope you stay dry when the rain arrives.

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  2. Medieval doodling! Who knew? LOL ;)

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    1. Well, not that far back. This art form is from the Golden Age of Penmanship from 1865 -1920 so 19th to early 20th centuries

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  3. "off-hand"?! Wow, it's beautiful and looks carefully planned to me. How marvelous!

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    1. The only planning was rotating the paper 90 degrees 😺

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  4. CJ....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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