Basic Scribal Materials

Paper
• Bristol Board 3 ply Kid Finish

Standard Frame Size
• Frame (paper size) 8"x10" Mat, Opening of 5"x7"

Tools
• Cork Backed Ruler
• Ames Lettering Guide
• Automatic Pencil .03 and .05
• Lead - H
• Soft White Plastic Eraser
• Compass
• Triangles
• T-square

Pens
• A personal thing. Michel uses an Osmiroid with a fine nib (a brilliant choice. ed.)

Ink
• Calli and ink cartridges - black for the pen.

Paint - Windsor & Newton Gouache is best.
• Alizarian crimson
• Cadmium yellow Pale
• Flesh Tint
• Gold
• Jet Black
• Olive Green
• Purple Lake
• Sap Green
• Spectrum Red
• Ultramarine
• Vandyke Brown
• Zinc White

Paint Brushes - Round #1

Plastic palette - 6 wells

Paint Brush Cleaner - Old Masters Brush Cleaner
Storage of all the stuff - Do not buy an art box, too expensive. Go to your local sporting goods store and look at tackle boxes.

Books - Calligraphy = Marc Drogan Medieval Calligraphy - This is the scribes bible for calligraphy.

Illumination = Way too many in too many styles. Check with your local book sellers (scadian) for the hottest books.



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