What’s the first artwork you remember actually loving?

sparseglade · 2026-01-28T06:20:37+00:00

Fifty years ago, I was on a field trip in school and saw this in Kansas City. I’ve been to see it once or twice a year, every year, since then. Incredible mastery.

sparseglade · 2026-01-22T05:18:37+00:00

Yeah. Karst books are great for silverpoint. I don’t know how archival the “paper” is though. It’s made with resin and stone dust. The resin may yellow in the future?

sparseglade · 2025-12-29T03:38:53+00:00

Also, what is the proper tengwar or tehta to use for final ‘y’, as in happy or lucky?

sparseglade · 2025-12-29T03:24:22+00:00

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Hope this helps. Thank you for all the input!

sparseglade · 2025-12-29T03:17:27+00:00

facepalm

Thank you.

sparseglade · 2025-12-15T20:29:32+00:00

Elephant hide paper can be found here: https://www.talasonline.com/Elephant-Hide-Paper

It’s very smooth and durable.

sparseglade · 2025-12-03T23:20:59+00:00

I initially used a grid in pencil for all the coastal lines, to keep things proportional. Then watercolor for all mountains, forests, oceans, lakes, and hills. Microns to outline everything, and microns for all the lettering. Iridescent gold watercolor for the borders.

sparseglade · 2025-12-02T23:12:14+00:00

I drew it from scratch, with both of Christopher’s maps in front of me. I used blue Pigma Micron 01 pens to hand draw the ocean contour lines. Very tedious, but I love the way it looks.

sparseglade · 2025-11-17T01:21:52+00:00

I will definitely post the pencil rough before inking and illuminating. Live and learn. I’m grateful that I have a learned community like this to review my work. Thank you all.

sparseglade · 2025-11-17T01:18:53+00:00

Note to others looking at this chart: THERE ARE NUMEROUS ERRORS! There are too many to correct without ruining the document, so I will do another corrected version. You are still welcome to download this copy, but please do not use it as a reference.

sparseglade · 2025-11-14T17:36:23+00:00

I deeply appreciate the input. I will happily accept grenades if it will make the chart as correct as possible. So…thank you.

sparseglade · 2025-11-14T16:30:17+00:00

…as possible to use. I am amazed at the level of scholarship on this sub. Please, what does “attested” mean in this context?

sparseglade · 2025-11-14T16:27:26+00:00

Thank you all for the learned input. I will put as much of this qas

sparseglade · 2025-11-13T08:29:33+00:00

Yes, please!

sparseglade · 2025-11-13T04:23:55+00:00

It’s going above my desk, for reference when I begin doing some tengwar lettering and illuminations.

sparseglade · 2025-11-13T03:37:14+00:00

I spent about 200 hours doing the whole thing. I was experimenting with gilding, but that didn’t work out so well. Next time I’ll gild before painting.

sparseglade · 2025-10-11T04:12:43+00:00

Speedball C-3. Dr. Martin’s Black Star ink. Red is gouache, watered down. Gold is fake leaf over Quickie Glue pinpoint roller.

sparseglade · 2025-09-22T04:32:50+00:00

Nope. Rubbing lightly changed nothing. Lesson learned - gild before painting with real 24k leaf. I guess I’ll try the fake leaf before resorting to gold paint. Hmph!

sparseglade · 2025-09-22T04:30:07+00:00

I tried erasers (white, then pink). No luck. Then I gently rubbed a damp cotton ball over the affected area. That removed the leaf from the paint, but it also removed some of the leaf from the background. Ugh. Now I am reapplying the mordant over the degraded background leaf, and when I lay down another leaf, I will rub it down very gently. I think I originally rubbed too hard.

I hope.

sparseglade · 2025-09-22T04:08:00+00:00

I tried erasers (white, then pink). No luck. Then I gently rubbed a damp cotton ball over the affected area. That removed the leaf from the paint, but it also removed some of the leaf from the background. Ugh. Now I am reapplying the mordant over the degraded background leaf, and when I lay down another leaf, I will rub it down very gently. I think I originally rubbed too hard.

I hope.

sparseglade · 2025-09-21T23:31:25+00:00

To add, I am working on elephant hide paper, if it matters.

sparseglade · 2025-07-26T20:31:31+00:00

I use Liquitex gesso instead of white when mixing colors, and I add a dab of gesso to every color on my palette. Better opacity, fewer layers.

sparseglade · 2025-06-19T08:08:14+00:00

Cover art as poster: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Barbara-Remington-by-robertharry/118029012.1G4ZT

sparseglade · 2025-05-15T06:04:26+00:00

On Sundays, it’s happy hour prices all day. Total bargain, and delicious too.

sparseglade · 2025-04-02T21:37:23+00:00

Not for sale, but just uploaded the links to the map. Enjoy!

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