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Dierdriana’s Pen & Ink ‘Filler’ Art
Maureen W. Clifton
As designs have arrived into my brain’s ‘in-box’ – I drew them to the best of my ability. Now & then, there were some great challenges, as I thought, ‘I can see it – how do I draw it?’ Many of the ‘filler art’ I have created have been used in medieval (SCA) publications & some were newsletter covers. While some I created specifically for my own publications (instructional manuals), others were done with intent for use elsewhere. See the additional views of other drawings herein. The helm is under ‘Medieval Helms.’ The ‘Banner’ was created & used for a variety of venues, since I can calligraph (write) within it. Later, I added Grape Vines to its left side, not only for interest, as a framing for a cover to my booklet: ‘Guidelines on Being an Attendant to Royalty.’ When I update other booklet covers, I may use my banner again. There are ‘enders’ that I drew in the 1990s included. The Celtic interlace was difficult for me & while it seems simple, I had never learned the premise of Celtic interlace, as I never pursued it. It was done using an evenly spaced dot system that another artist in Western Colorado showed me. The lines are penciled in & that was where it became difficult for me to see where the lines needed to go – next! When I finally ‘got’ it – that was an ‘Ah Ha!’ moment! So, my Celtic ‘bar’ is quite simple, though for me, it was difficult to draw. While I have most of my original art, some originals were never returned, as I made the mistake of giving originals to persons in charge of newsletters. I learned to never give any Chronicler my original art. Some of my designs were refined & others were scratched altogether. Here is why: I learned from an art teacher in college that you do not have to keep everything you create! It is your art & you have the right to destroy it, if you wish! He was a ceramics, pottery & sculpture artist himself. In addition to taking a ceramics (pottery) class from him, I worked as a model in leotards & tights for his sculpture classes (& got paid). Sometimes, when pottery came out of the kiln & we did not like it, we could smash them to smithereens on the side of the building! In some ways, doing that was cathartic & was a great stress release! And, anyone who needed pottery shards for the bottom of planting tubs for better drainage could take as many pieces of smashed pottery they wanted! So, some art I have created has been destroyed in that way & some paper art has been shredded or burned. Some original pieces of art I gave away. I finally put together a binder of original art & have scanned a great deal of it. It preserves it, as does sharing it & in my decision to post it herein. Enjoy it, as I had fun creating it!
Thank you for visiting my Medieval Art Gallery. © All Photos, Artwork & Costume Designs Created by Maureen & Posted on this SCA Medieval Art & Costume Gallery on Yessy. No image posted may be used without permission of Maureen W. Clifton, aka: Countess Dierdriana of the Misty Isles, Member of The Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. (SCA: www.SCA.org ). Nothing within Maureen’s/Dierdriana’s Medieval Art Gallery represents any SCA policies, regulations &/or laws in any way. Please See Maureen’s Bio & Other Yessy Art Gallery.
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