Beautiful - and no extra flowers needed!

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!! I really love your work!

I'm sure by this stage you've done gold leaf but just to anyone thinking of trying it you don't have to go for real gold leaf to practice. You can try and get some Dutch Metal (fake gold leaf) which is far far cheaper than real gold. The basic technique is the same. You can't burnish it like real gold but to give you the idea of how to do it is a very good idea I think

You really must get in touch with some successful art KZreadrs like Jazza or Peter Draws or Chloe Rose Art and offer to do collaborations. Your work is so amazing that it's literally a sin not to share it with the wider public. I'm sure they'll be stunned by your work and will help you get more views/ subscribers.

I just randomly came across your channel. I love what you're doing here, and think you should have more subscribers than you currently do. Few people today have the patience to make full copy reproductions of illuminated manuscript pages. I mostly focus on calligraphy. The last year or two have been focused on broad edge scripts. I have a few Gothic scripts down pretty well, and am currently working on foundational, uncial, insular, Carolingian type scripts. I looked up the original manuscript, and it's using a Textura Quadrata script. Which, looks lovely and is one of my favorites! I'm not sure how much you know about the letter forms and scripts you use in these, as I haven't looked at but a few of your videos so far, but there it is, if you want to look it up. Also, as you mentioned inks, can I make a couple of suggestions? Daniel Smith's Walnut Ink. -One of my absolute favorite inks to use. I use it for pointed and broad edge work. Old World Iron Gall ink For colored inks, I use Dr. Ph. Martin. They're not terribly expensive, and can be bought on Amazon.Walmart may have them as well. For your gold, try Dr. Ph. Martin's Iridescent ink. they have 11R Copperplate Gold that would be perfect for this! One last thing, you should venture into gauche! It's very similar to watercolor, but is a much more solid color! I know this video is a couple of years old, but I hope you're still doing it!

@emilookira

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your feedback! I have been looking for a good coloured ink so I'll be sure to try the Ph Martin's! I've tried gouache in the past but I haven't gotten the hang of it yet so I still prefer watercolours. :) I'm going to be trying to get going on my book of hours recreation this year and will be using pergamentum for the paper so keep any eye out for updates on that :)

@scottwillis7559

3 жыл бұрын

@@emilookira Somehow I didn't see this until today. haha. I love the versatility of gauche personally. It's solid enough to do lettering or solid colors with, but versatile enough to use as watercolor as well. Which book of hours are you going to be doing?? I'm excited to see it!

Did you try to use a broad edge pen/steel quill? That's usually what I use when replicating manuscripts, yours looks more like italic hand, which was after the Middle Ages, into the renaissance

You can find imitation gold leaf that looks just as good, but it'll at least triple the amount of time you spend on the manuscript.

Stunning work👍🏻 have you taken formal study ? Beautiful shell gold✨💫 all of it is simply amazing😊

Lovely work! Is it a gift for someone or did you sell it?

What is the paper you are using? Beautiful work!

Emily, I was curious to see how you were going to color the shield-shaped object in your decorative border, but I see you left it white. Is there some significance to that?

I make illuminated manuscripts also. Very beautiful!

@emilookira

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's a really niche hobby I've found.

What kind of meval alphabet or the name of alphabet did you used in this video?

How long did it take to complete this work? It looks wonderful.

@emilookira

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you :) This scroll took roughly 5-6 hours of work, but that isn't including drying time or planning.

I just found arabic gum in the form of glue, is that the type of material to make this gold shell? a glue?

@emilookira

3 жыл бұрын

Yup! It's a natural binder typically made out of sap. It can come in a powder format that you can mix with water to make a glue like substance or have it come in already liquid, it helps hold the pigments in the paint together so they don't sink to the bottom. :)

You make it look easy :P Very impressive. Hope you got a better mic since this was made - PUH-PUH-PUH-PUH! LOL

@emilookira

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Working on the mic situation :)