Lutrell Psalter Watermill.

 Many of you have probably seen photos of old mill houses often converted into private dwellings or inns or read of their uses in olden days.

The artist who printed this page would have seen an actual working mill though he seems to have positioned the wheel so you can see all of it .

Simon Bening - July

Simon Bening - July 

Summer in northern Europe is also a time for reaping the first spring plantings. 

Bening shows us not only the reapers but across the river a windmill for grinding the harvest and in the distance an exquisite fortified city with a cathedral. 

Now who noticed the two cart horses left to graze while humans fill haywains ? 

 

Under Marswood

another fine example of older style SF paperback covers 

This one is by Darrell Sweet 

some notes on yellow

Some notes on yellow

Did you know most yellows are sulphates or acrylides? 

Summer and Dry Brush

 Summer and DryBrush

Copyright 2022 Julie Vaux

This is a painting but can you tell me in what medium without enlarging the image?

With the variety of brushes available for digital painting I can get this effect without an actual "dry" brush or acrylic or oil paint. The main advantage I'm missing out on is rendering full impasto effects ?

This was done with Procreate.

P.S. It is actually winter where I am in the southern hemisphere and but I was thinking about a summer heat image that suggested moving light.

Another Frontispiece.

Yes another Frontispiece 

Once upon a time author potraits were black and white a d usually faced the title page of a book before technology make it possible to print photos on book covers.

Heres a closeup of the detail in the frame 

Beautiful isnt it ? 

frontispieces in old books

Another example of frontispieces in old books 

The book is a 1937 reprint of a 1821 edition of this work by the 19th c. Writer n poet H.W.Longfellow 

Heres a extreme closeup of part of the title page