How to do Illumating Scrolls

To Learn how to do Illumination or Drawing on Scrolls ..

   Check out used bookstores or Library's take a look in the Art's area's and at the old Bible Illumination's and the Book of Kells a lot of museum books have copy's of different pages as well as you can buy books on Illuminations as well online.  You can also find Idea's of designs in the Heraldic books as well as make your own designs with Fairy's, God/dess's, little people, and etc. One book I have that show's Natural Middle Ages Illumination's is called The Medieval Garden by Sylvia Landsberg; ISBN#0-500-01691-7

Papers and Pencils, and Ink;  to use; use pencil to draw the outline of your design then you want to get those very fine black pens that you can get at most art's and crafts if not art store's .. to go over with you want to get for the paper type item to draw on is call Strathmore Bristol Smooth, size 9x12, which is acid free, heavy weight, and a smooth surface and is great for framing and will last; or you can also get smaller or larger depending on what you want to do .. if you want to get more traditional you can buy the Fine Parchment Gold from most Office supply stores anywhere from $15 to $21 a pack ..  there is ink which can cover up the mistakes made on the Bristol and if you make any mistakes on the Parchment is permanent or if you use designs which the old scrolls were done I do not know the name but once I get some I'll let you know what it is..   
  
Painting; The Paint you want to use for Scrolls is Gouache.. the least expensive priced Paints are by Reeves,18 tubes so 18x12mi gouache fine, the more expensive one is by Winsor & Newton; Designers Gouache, Primary Colour Set 6x14Mi, both of these are water colors and a little bit goes a long way one friend who was great showed me that you can take CD cases and use the inside front of it and you can keep reusing the paints till they run out .. once there dried there easy to put away till your ready to use again .. if you really want to go much more traditional you can buy the Calligraphy Ink's and they come in Black, Red, Blue, Green, and Gold and Silver .. most New Age Stores at times carry Calligraphy Pens or ones from a real feather as I have but I will be using a Calligraphy pen soon instead the feather pens do not last long .. the Calligraphy pen which you can also use for painting the Illuminations with the Inks I own is also by Winsor & Newton and the Ink Cleaner to clean your pen is by Liquitex Ink pen cleaner .. and very small fine thin paint brushes to paint the inks and paints on with ..      

  I wish You Wonderful time with your Arts ***

         Sincerely,

          Rosemary ***