Ah, the lettering is finished! I have to say that it sure ain’t perfect and definitely looks hand done, but then again, back in that day, EVERYTHING was hand done, and was not perfect, including writing. I think it does what it’s supposed to do, and all that remains now is for me to take the image and the lettering to a framer. I wonder how it would look with a red suede mat??
This evening I began and finished the transferring process of the lettering pattern onto the nice, chestnut brown paper I purchased yesterday. I thought about starting some actual lettering with ink, but then realized I needed to clean my pen nibs and the pen holder which contains a small ink well. So, I came upstairs and plunked them into some soaking/cleaning solution I also bought yesterday. 🙂 I’m waiting until tomorrow to start the actual lettering because my arm is a little cramped–it always gets me in the elbow–and I want to rest it, so tomorrow it should be ok after a night’s rest. I’ve learned that if I try to push through on a lettering project with a tired arm, I just tend to rush to finish, and grow sloppier and sloppier as my arm hurts more, in an effort to hurry up and finish. After the lettering is complete, I will put some sort of gold scroll border, as yet to be designed, around the lettering to set it off. Should be really pretty, if all turns out as envisioned.
Early this afternoon I headed out to the local Hobby Lobby and Michael’s stores. I prefer to purchase my art supplies from online sources or a great art supply place near VCU in Richmond, but right now I don’t have the time for either of those options, and these stores filled a necessary gap. About 3 hours later and $140 lighter, I came home with various papers, India and calligraphy inks, a pastel pencil set, and a kit containing pastel blenders, sharpeners, and other small paraphernalia for working with pastels, calligraphy markers, and metallic gold and silver markers. Jim and I carried them all down to the studio this evening and compared the papers with the original, and I like them. I will end up using two separate pieces of paper under one mat with separate openings for each: the image in one, and the lettering in the other, at the bottom. I think this will really work! As Scarlett would have said, “Tomorrow is another day!”
I have been exploring ideas and various options for solving the lettering problem at the bottom of “The Woman At The Well”, but I have been unable to come up with a viable solution. Somehow, there has to be a good way to get the lettering on there that looks good. I will find it, just like I found a solution to the background dilemma, but it may take more time than I care to admit…especially since I want to DO IT NOW! I can’t have the lettering be a deal breaker for the looks of this piece! Ok God, You brought me to this, now please help me get through this! It’s gotta look good for You!
Now that the image for “Woman At The Well” is finished, I have been crashing all day. When I work, I run so much on adrenalin, especially when things are flowing fantastically well, that once I’m done, I can’t turn my mind off. Consequently, I have not slept much for the last several nights. Today, I had issues with staying awake all day long. I am debating whether or not to take tomorrow off from painting, or just get back to the studio, tackle all that lettering, and get it out of the way…
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