How to draw illuminated letter A | Medieval Illuminated manuscript tutorial with watercolor pencils

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In today's video you will learn how to make an illumination of capital letter A in the style of Medieval manuscripts. It is a step by step guided tutorial showing the whole process from start to finish. There are also some interesting facts and historical information about how illuminated manuscripts were created.

This illumination features three main colors (yellow, red, blue), a miniature painting of scholar, Medieval style botanical pattern for backgrounds.

Traditional manuscript illumination requires expensive materials such as vellum or parchment paper. However, you can achieve similar look using cheaper art supplies: ink pens, watercolor pencils, colored pencils and white gel pen.

❦Here is the list of materials that were used for this illumination project (not sponsored)❦
- Canson Heritage hot pressed cotton paper for watercolor;
- Uniball white gel pen;
- Pencil and ruler;
- Faber Castell Polychromos pencil Gold 250
- Faber Castell Polychromos pencil Prussian Blue 246;
- Faber Castell Polychromos pencil Raw Umber 180
- Albrecht Dürer watercolor pencil Indathrene Blue 247;
- Albrecht Dürer watercolor pencil Cream 102
- Albrecht Dürer watercolor pencil Dark Sepia 175
- Albrecht Dürer watercolor pencil Gold Ochre 183
- Albrecht Dürer watercolor pencil Pale Geranium Lake 121
- Albrecht Dürer watercolor pencil Raw Umber 180
- Albrecht Dürer watercolor pencil Venetian Red 190
- Albrecht Dürer watercolor pencil Caput Mortuum 169
- Albrecht Dürer watercolor pencil Helioblue-Reddish 151
- Sakura Micron black ink pen 005;
- Copic Sepia ink multiliner 0.1
-Daler Rowney Aquafine round brush 2/0
-Princeton Neptune brush size 2

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Have a look at drawing tutorials useful for manuscript illumination:

🥀Vintage border: youtu.be/pRW1oAMnlvg
🥀Illuminated letter C in Art Nouveau style with rose flowers and ink pastoral landscape: youtu.be/-QhhNsDkZJ8
🥀Illuminated letter L in Art Nouveau style tutorial: youtu.be/VYvie-IcSsU
🥀Medieval botanical border design: youtu.be/oIAKLSCBGr8
🥀How to draw illuminated letter D: youtu.be/kxFt-4h5b04
🥀Illuminated letter R step by step: youtu.be/NMnKHs4wXzQ
🥀Illuminated letter A tutorial: youtu.be/ZCnFVfhgDAg
🥀 Illuminated letter S with a ship and sea serpent: youtu.be/WuNtDn3RSss
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