This painting (done in Winsor & Newton gouache) was based off of the below prayer card I received in the mail. This painting was not planned. I found myself at my local SCA scribal session with no resources with me. All I had was this card that I kept because I thought the image was just beautiful. Since I like having something to look at when I'm doing these paintings, I thought hmm...what can I do with this? The seated lady is purely made up, but the image of women pursuing the arts (domestic or otherwise) was not uncommon during the medieval period. Originally I wanted to do this painting in the style of a stained glass window, but later changed my mind. You can still see the original pencil marks where I was going to indicate the glass panes. Unfortunately, once you lay paint over pencil, you can't erase (learn something everyday). I completed this on December 23, 2004.
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