Page two and other progress

 So, what did we get done this week:

- Bertrik made a great many new shells of fresh paint in different colors.

- we realised that in some years page two had some decoration between the columns, but not in others. We got together one afternoon and evening, and Bertrik gilded all the hearts, and I did the penwork. All years are done now! I'm adding some pictures showing the practice pieces, order of drawing the little flower and the result on the pages.

- worked on the texts, there is a document with the correct number of words for every year now, Bertrik is doing a final check.

- did some greenwork on pages with leaves. Comparing with the penwork I did on the middle columns for page 2, I think in the future I will draw the little green leaves with pen first, and then fill them in with paint, not the other way around...

- did some checks with different nibs. I couldn't figure out why the writing with my Mitchell nr 5 didn't look right, until I checked it by daylight, and it turns out that I was using a nr 4. Well, that cleared up that mystery...

Back

 After a long long break we have dusted off the pages of the History Book and decided to ignore the mockery of the young adults who were not even born when we started this project and have a go at it again (I won't use the word finish!). We're actually pretty pleased with how it looks and pleasantly surprised at how far we got before life and other projects took precedence.

Key info for getting back to work:

Words per year: 675

Nib to use: Mitchell nr 5 pen

Order of work: 

1. 1. gilding
2. 2. writing
3. 3. gild capitals
4. 4. paint colors
5. 5. whitework/greenwork
6. 6. penwork

Text to be found in google docs but also on wiki.

Tabel

The old progress report seems stuck in time so I can't edit it anymore. Hopefully this version will work.

progres report.

Een tabel die bijhoudt hoe ver we zijn met het maken van het boek.
De inhoud van de cellen geeft aan wanneer dit onderdeel is afgerond.
(x: geeft aan was of voordat we begonnen met dit bij te houden).

pag	text af	goud	geschrvn	illum	borders	white
Titelpagina
1	x
Inleiding
1	12/11
2	12/11			-
jaar 87
1	x	x	x	x
2	x	x	x	-
3	x	x	x	-
4	x	x	x	-	7/12	x
jaar 88
1	12/11	6/12	12/11
2	12/11	1/12	1/12	-
3	12/11	x	1/12	-		x
4	12/11	x	1/12	-	x	x
jaar 89
1	x	x	x	x	x
2	x	-	x	-
3	x	x	x	-
4	x	1/12	8/10	-
jaar 90
1	x	x	12/11		-
2	x	-	1/12	-
3	x			-
4	x	x		-
jaar 91
1	3-12	x	3/12		-
2	3-12	4/12	4/12	-
3	3-12	x	4/12	-		x
4	3-12			-
jaar 92
1	1/12	x	3/12	2/12	-
2	1/12	3/12	3/12	-
3	1/12	11/11	3/12	-
4	1/12	8/10	3/12	-
jaar 93
1	x	x	x		-
2	x	2/12	x	-
3	x	8/10	12/11	-
4	x	11/11	2/12	-
jaar 94
1		x			-
2		-		-
3				-
4				-
jaar 95
1		3/12			-
2		-		-
3				-
4		2/12		-
jaar 96
1		3/12			-
2		-		-
3		2/12		-
4				-

Woorden telling op de reeds geschreven pagina's:

87/1: 133 woorden

87/2: 234 woorden

87/3: 141 woorden

87/4: 138 woorden

89/1: 121 woorden

89/2: 258 woorden

89/3: 162 woorden
92/1: 135

93/1: 122 woorden

93/2: 273 woorden

Geeft gemiddelden:

eerste pagina: 125 woorden

tweede pagina: 250 woorden

derde en vierde pagina: 150 woorden

Waaruit dus volgt dat een gemiddeld jaardocument zo om en nabij: 675 woorden zou moeten bevatten.
Er volgt een tellling op de concept texten.

Later geschreven pagina's woordentelling:

88/1: 106
88/2: 234
88/3: 155
1990/1: 99
90/2: 237 (word count van de computer, tijdens het schrijven best veel woorden geschrapt)

Order of work

• gilding
• writing
• gild capitals
• painting colors
• whitework/penwork

Since gilding and writing are the bottlenecks, we won't be able to follow this ideal order of work for many pages, but this is what we aim for.

In preparation for the shire workshop, this means I'll try to do writing on the first pages of each year where there is a large illumination. Also, we'll do as much gilding as possible. And then start on the pages where these things are done, and if/when those are finished, we'll work in a less than ideal order...

Next time: do lots of guilding and writing. Take pictures of foliage pages in different stages (sketch, gesso, gold, paint, paint and whitework).

Also in preparation for the Shire workshop:

• check page numbering > geloven we wel.
• gather shells of paint
• writing page 1 van 1993, 1991, 1992
• gilding
• find pictures that were used for drafting illuminations