Meisterin Amie Sparrow

Golden Dolphin

27 March A.S. LV at Defending the Gate and Baronial Investiture in Our Barony of Stierbach in the Canton of Sudentorre

Personal takeaways from this project:

  • Definitely work from dark to light next time.
  • Generally go from large to small brush strokes.
  • Lean to fat (start with gouache go to glair then tempera.)
  • Practice more on a larger scale with egg tempera.
  • The imprimatura (underlayer of complementary colors) was a good idea.
  • Be more patient. Just let it sit for a day or so when it feels overworked and needs to cure.
  • OMG the CRACKING almost made me trash this one 20+ hours in.

Calligraphy & Illumination

K ValravnRoxbury MillAtlantia

Text

"Rich garments and adornments fairIn splendor pale when they compare With luster of a service true,Beyond what is required or dueAnd it is mete We recognizeA Meisterin gilt in this wise,Amie Sparrow, whose ready hand,Is ever busy for our land.Therefore do we, Anton Tremayne,The King by right of skill and mainAnd Luned Snowden, Queen of grace,Desire this Meisterin to placeWithin Our Golden Dolphins ranksAs token of Our Kingdom's thanks.
Done on the twenty seventh of March, Anno Societatis LV, at Our Defending the Gate, in Our Ethereal Court."
Ollaimh Ruaidhri an CuRoxbury MillAtlantia

Materials

Wood PanelGesso made from slaked plaster, honey, and hide glue, (Recipe courtesy of Maestra Livia)Egg GlairEgg YolkPoppy OilPowdered pigments gift of Kennari Bubba Blackhammer
  • Burnt Umber
  • Lamp Black

Powdered pigments, gift of Master Eldred Ælwald
  • Venetian Red
  • Raw Umber

Powdered Pigments from Natural Pigments (Rublev)
  • Anica Green Earth
  • Yellow Ocher Dark
  • Titanium White
  • Zinc White

Winsor & Newton Gouache

Substrate Size

8" x 10"

Completion Date

March 2021

Script

Fraktur

Source

Meisterin Amie fashioned her Cranach gown after this portrait copy.https://lucascranach.org/PRIVATE_NONE-P091Judith with the head of HolofernesCopy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Progress