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 Dearest Reader, After my last post, I went online looking for different artists/videos showing how to make more fancy floral embellishments for my pages. Happily, I stumbled upon this term, Illumination, which is the styling of books in the medieval, monastic aesthetic. That little keyword unlocked a whole new world of artistry for me! For, unlike liturgical typesetting, there are numerous resources online I can draw from to work on my drawing skills. One book I found in the public domain online recommended I simply copy other artist's work, and over time I can develop my taste to develop my unique designs. So that's what I'm doing now: practicing with fancy drop-cap letters based on designs from other artists! I: My Notebook Sketches on Thursday My first couple attempts on Thursday were a little too hurried and ambitious, so I quickly abandoned them (I). But my third try, which was a blocky yet smaller T, wasn't too bad considering all I had were my pens and notebook ...

I: Original acrylic painting on sketch pad ✠   [NOTE: These are my open notes of my progress with both my artistic and typesetting skills. It'll be raw and (mostly) unedited. The point is to keep track of and (stay accountable to) my goals! Please leave a comment: I'd love some constructive criticism as I go!]   ✠ Dearest Reader, This evening, I did not have any plans whatsoever. I knew this would be a perfect time to dust off my old printer, see if it still works, and even begin some illuminated letter practice! The good news is that the printer does turn on! the bad news is that I will need to purchase some new cartridges before I can print those letter practice sheets. That said, I did make some use out of old Epson. Taking a few older paintings of mine, I sandwiched them into the scanner, shoved in my thumb drive, and let her rip with the highest resolution she could! I then reinserted the flash drive into my desktop and downloaded them as PDFs. After that, I used fr...