My Shire asked me to do the teacher thank you notes for our event in June of 2008. I had only been doing C&I for a few months at this point. These are really some of my first efforts. Here they are:
The idea for this scroll came from the Rencentral website. It is a great site and I have learned a ton from it.
The lady on the left is copied from a 14th century Austrian manuscript.
This is another manuscript that came from instructions from the Rencentral site.
This is based on French 15th century manuscripts. The boat miniature comes from a 17th century manuscript.
This scroll is based on the Psalter of Saint Louis from 1260 Paris. I can’t find a good color I like for the orangey-red. This is way too brown for my taste.
Some French bars and ivey with a miniature form a 14th century manuscript.
This border was a pre-print I got at Gulf Wars. The people at Gulf Wars told me that it was a Meridian scroll, but no one in Meridies that I’ve talked to has ever seen it. I painted it and added the calligraphy and the Shire arms at the bottom.