French Border, 14th Century
Here is the line drawing, and here is the painting.
This is a line border and initial based, in the main, on a manuscript from the court of Charles V of France. The whitework patterns come from a variety of manuscripts. It is a fairly typical bar-and-ivy arrangement. Like most bar-and-ivy borders, it has a very limited palette and consists of very simple shapes.
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First, I drew the shape with the pencil and ruler. Once I was satisfied with my drawing, I inked the drawing with the rolling ball pen, and, after the ink dried, erased the pencil drawing. I then painted in the gold areas (they appear brown on the scan), followed by the red and blue areas, with the size 7 round. Once the base colors were dried, I used the 3/0 round and the bleedproof white to do the whitework. It's very simple. You can find many references for the style in Manuscript Painting in the Court of France. Hit the bibliography link for more information; it's listed in the "survey" section.
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