According to the various classes I can welcome from 2 to 6 students
Therefore each student receives individual attention
Don’ t fear to have a go at it!.
Classes are student-oriented: You can start without any artistic know-how
or any gift in drawing.
I’m here to help and support you
Anyone over 9 years old can participate.
The materials and techniques used to make my illuminations are genuinely
traditional: I only work on parchment (the contemporary works with copper
leaf on Nepalese paper are not considered illuminations). I use 22 or
24 carat gold leaf on gesso or distemper (with a few exceptions on PVA
glue). Painting is done by a tempera process, i.e. pigments bound with
egg yolk or by a distemper process, with a base of egg white, honey
water and gum Arabic. Genuine illuminations require these processes
to be used. So, do not register for classes given by some associations
which will make you work on paper and gouache paint...
All styles can be studied: Celtic, Romanesque, gothic, Moroccan,
Chinese, Persian…
It’s up to you !