In late 2020 I volunteered to make a scroll for an AOA-level award, I didn't know the recipient but learned they had a Persian persona. I was enamored of the many later period Persian examples that showed a blue field with pastoral images in gold. Here's the one I used as my main inspiration. I found a Persian-esque script I liked and practiced several times to make sure I got it just right. The background of my scroll is several layers of diluted gouache paint, with an acrylic gold paint for the animals and plants. The gouache was hard to get even, and I had someone tell me after the fact that perhaps a blue ink would have been a better choice, and a fine-nibbed pen with gold ink rather than gold paint. I wonder if that would have made the paper warp less, or if I should have used something besides a heavy drawing paper for the scroll. You can see I replicated several of the animals, but changed the leaves of the trees to maple leaves, as this award is the Order of the Golden Maple Leaf, an AOA-level Arts award. This is the first scroll I illuminated myself and only the third I've made. I enjoyed it, though it doesn't come naturally to me.
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