Medieval Stained Glass No.1. This was an unusual commission. I was asked to create six medieval-style stained glass art pieces, with the final art being to be printed in grayscale rather than in full colour. I rendered the entire commission in grayscale, as many illustrators did between 1920 and 1960. This way, I could have better control over how the final tonal values would print when compared with rendering the pieces in full colour and then converting them into grayscale later. Between 1920 and 1960, most magazines published art in black and white and grayscale due to the high cost of colour printing. Many artists in this period specialized in greyscale art rendering. My artwork was well received, even if gruesome in its subject. I just followed the art director's/author's notes.
Painting Specifications: Medium: Ink print with watercolours Size: 9.5w x 11.5h-inches Surface: Watercolour Paper Completed: 2010
