I've just finished my design for Earby Medieval Mayhem (11th May, 2025)! The shield is the crest of Pendle district, with the white and red Yorkshire and Lancashire roses as Earby straddles the county boundary. Painted in Clip Studio Paint using a vellum background from my great-grandmother's diary (sic - long story).
I've had such fun designing this - I don't think it will be my last medieval illustration!

I love this beautiful tome of #calligraphy from the 1500s, the Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta ("Wonderful Monuments of Calligraphy"). A compendium of writing styles later illuminated with #fruit and #insect drawings.

https://lime-bar.pixels.com/collections/mira+calligraphiae+monumenta

The scans are super high res but... wonky, so I decided to clean them up and post them suitable for prints. Because the public domain scans are so high res, you can get huge prints. Also mugs, stationary, stickers, puzzles, etc.

Glowing landscape after the storm.

ART - https://deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/illuminated-landscape-after-the-storm-deborah-league.html

Good morning Fediverse, here is an older #illumination I painted back in 2017, on vellum. The background is gold leaves on a 3D undercoat called "gesso". It is taken from the Aberdeen Bestiary, and it depicts an asp viper and a man. See alt text for the story!

And, yes, now I use a ruler for the outer frame... LOL

Do you like it?

Doing a thing :)

Two commissions in progress ^.^

My calligraphy commission info is here: https://mastodon.art/@welshpixie/111857234489797989 and I can work to your budget

Fin!

Finished this fun Red Dwarf commission :D

#Paramatma, the universal soul or supreme consciousness in #Hindu #philosophy, parallels #Neoplatonism’s concept of “The One”.

In Neoplatonism, emanation from “The One” mirrors the dynamic interplay of prakāśa (#illumination) and vimarśa (#reflection) in Paramādvaita philosophy, emphasizing a cyclical process of outflow and return.

The #Nous is compared to Paramatma but aligns more closely with Hiranyagarbha in Hindu thought due to its subordinate role to the ultimate #FirstPrinciples.

Done!

Can't really see in these pics but the green calligraphy ink has a bit of a shimmer to it too.

It's on A4 size heavyweight paper.

Edit: sold!

Hello Fediverse!

This little owl is back in stock, among some other paintings and cyanotype prints. Cheap worldwide shipping, with a tracking number. Get yours now!

https://ko-fi.com/s/e7c5333348

Every purchase will help me to get new brushes and gold leaves for upcoming projects! Thanks for your continued support

There, the only thing left now is all the gold.

Boar hunting, from the "Livre de Chasse" (Hunting Book) of Gaston Phébus, Count of Foix.
I painted that one with a magnifying glass, and homemade colours mixed from powdered pigments. It took me 40ish hours to complete... Size is 23 x 25 centimetres.
I'm not fond of hunting, not at all, but I am sometimes asked to paint things I don't like What do you think of it?

Making the acanthus leaves acanthussier (no, @bean , not like that)

((Ok maybe like that))