2.1 Opus Angelicanum Study

It has been some time since I last posted as I struggled with a problem in my left eye - first a detachment of the gel in the eye followed by a couple of tears in the retina.  It has all been sorted out and my blurred vision has gradually returned to normal,  albeit a couple of blind spots which I am told my brain will gradually start to ignore and fill in the blanks (quite apt really as that is what our brain does to fill in the gaps in drawings). 

I visited the V&A to look at the Opus Angelicanum on view in the Medieval and Renaissance Gallery and spent a pleasant few hours drawing and taking pictures.  I love this work - the detail, the fine stitching, the naive figures and the colours; although completed in the medieval period it has a modern feel.

Once home I also did some research on-line and worked up some line drawings.  

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I painted the images using acrylic inks and gold pearlescent paint as they have a transparency which suits the subject matter.  I mounted all the drawings on A3 black paper, added a page of calligraphy using a quote from Matthew Pope a 13th century chronicler and some other drawings in the style of an illuminated manuscript.  Here is the result:

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