Up next came an assignment for a Silver Wheel for Crown’s Fencing Champions. This scroll got moved to an event 3 weeks later, which resulted in me having a scroll done…wait for it… 4 weeks before it was needed in court!
This scroll had a special requirement. In discussing inspiration with Camille, she requested I take something I had done in the past and make it better. I reviewed my early scrolls, and immediately happened upon acanthus leaves. The early scroll had acanthus, but they were solid colors, no shading. So I tackled this full bore.
The new inspiration had some gold … I’ll call them ‘twiddles’… that I instantly fell in love with.
There was definitely a lot going on in the source page, but I tackled each step independently. When it came to the actual acanthus, I spent a lot of time shooting pictures back and forth with Camille, working out shading and tones.
I also had to deal with drawing and painting a person. In this case, I adapted the angel to represent our Queen. I was pretty pleased with the way the fabric shaded.
Here is the final piece, and below that is the slideshow of the in progress photos.
Calligraphy and Illumination: Audrye Beneyt
Words: Edmund Beneyt
The Voice of Audrye Beneyt 