Last fall, I was a sub for a colleague who had to be out of town. I just proctored an exam they were taking. One student turned his test in to me wearing polar bear PJ bottoms and a Monopoly t-shirt. I thought it was hilarious so he made it into my sketchbook. These are a few drawings I made recently based on that sketch.
I made these drawings for my hardware and networking class this spring.
This is a response to today’s Daily Create prompt, how was France born? Oddly enough, with a name like Genereux, I should know more than I do about France. However, I know that early humans were making art in France over 10,000 years ago. We can still see those images in the Lascaux caves.
I found this photo in a box of photos of my grandmother’s. I like how the watercolor and ink turned out.
From left to right: Aunt Elva (a Caywood sister?), Uncle Everett, Charlotte, and Art.
I found this image in an 11th century illuminated manuscript The Four Gospels.
I did a quick freehand sketch in pen and ink and then decided to color it in. It has some obvious problems with scale and perspective, but instead of working it all out in pencil first where I could make corrections, I wanted to try my hand at going directly with pen and ink. Even with the problems, I like this copy I made. I will probably return to this source for more images and practice.
In recent years, many of these ancient hand-made books have been digitized and put online. I became interested in illuminated manuscripts when I attended a presentation at Kansas State University about the St. John’s Bible, which was the first bible / book made in the old style (hand drawn on parchment) in several centuries.
Many people do not give much thought to the fact that before the invention of the printing press, every book ever made was written completely by hand. This made books very rare and very expensive. And while we might think about the importance of the printing press, another technological development was required before we could have inexpensive books for the general population to read and enjoy – paper. Yes, these illuminated medieval manuscripts were not written on paper, but on parchment made from animal skins, making the cost of a single book astronomically expensive; as in more expensive than a man could earn in many years of working. It should make us all the more appreciative of the many inexpensive books we have access to nowadays. Heck, with things like Project Gutenberg, we can easily access digital e-books that are completely free!
I found this heavy brown paper inside of a roll of Christmas wrapping paper. Those cardboard tubes are being replaced by this stuff. I liked using it, but it is really curly so you have to try to smooth it out.
Just some ink and wash pictures I made of medieval angels and gargoyles. Still getting used to the dip pen method of inking my drawings.
I made this card using watercolors, pen and ink and Adobe Illustrator. My daughter wrote the “Merry Christmas” but I did the rest. I get prints made at the local Walmart photo center and put these into all of the Christmas cards I send out.
Still getting used to the new dip pen.
You can see a smudge on the top one where I stuck my pinky in a still-wet line of ink. Oops!
Both of these are photos that I found in a box of my grandma Peg’s pictures. I don’t know if there are any relatives in these, I imagine the family in the second one is probably related in some way. While I don’t know anyone in either photo, I loved both of these pictures and decided to draw them.
*edit. I learned from family member Wava that the second picture is indeed of our family. The two adults are my great grandparents on my mother’s side along with four of their ten children. The second smallest person, the one with the big hair is my grandmother Bernice.
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— Bill Genereux (@billgx) December 13, 2019