Beginning Illumination Kit

Everything you need to complete several illuminations

This kit allows you to begin doing illumination with the best quality materials at a reasonable price. Winsor & Newton produces one of the best quality gouache paints. Arches cold pressed paper is simply the best paper for illumination available. Two sheets of Montval's cold pressed watercolor paper offer a chance to practice on less expensive, but still very good quality, paper. Add a good quality paint brush and a fine pen with waterproof permanent black ink, and you're all set. The little extras help make your work top quality from the beginning, including a true artist's eraser, black & white exemplars to color for practice, and an attractive box for easy transportation.

Exclusive from The Bored Bard

Contents

Instructions

Step-by-step instructions for creating reproduction-quality illuminations are included.

Black & White Images to Paint

A black and white "bar and ivy" image from the "Belles Heures" Book of Hours, circa 1408

A black and white image adapted from a 13th century illumination

These are printed on watercolor paper. They make good practice pieces - just add paint!

Paint

Palette - 8 well

Paint Brush Round Size 0

3 Winsor & Newton gouache samples in paint cups - 2 colors plus white

Pen, Pencil, & Ruler

Sharpie permanent black pen - Extra Fine Point

#2 Pencil

Pencil sharpener

Staedtler Mars Plastic Eraser

Brush (to wipe off eraser crumbs)

Ruler - Graph 1"x6" Cthru

Paper

Watercolor paper Montval 140 lb cold pressed 6x9 - 2 sheets

Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper 7x10 - 1 sheet

$18.50