Article · Patricia Lovett MBE
Recreating the 'Beatus' page from the Eadui Psalter
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2018
About this lesson
A photographed account of tracing, laying gesso with a quill, gilding with 23.5 carat leaf, burnishing and painting a historiated letter B, with time estimates per stage.
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