Blue Church

14'' x 5'', black sumi ink and watercolor on vellum. I prepared this simple layout for the second month's class, and lettered and gilded it in the classroom. We were given a piece of vellum in the previous class to develop a layout for at home. The size and shape of the vellum is what Reggie happened to hand out to me. I was happy to get a pretty large piece. The haiku I used as a text was written for me by a loved one, so it has a lot of meaning to me. A few months later, being bored, I pulled out the lettered piece at home and decided to use
some illustration to finish it up, as I felt it deserved more attention. I used a single blue Windsor Newton watercolor and applied it with pointed pen, then melted with a fine brush into a watercolor wash of different values. I was inspired by the blue and white china that I collect and have a kitchen full. Mitchell and Brause nibs were used for the lettering of this piece.