The scriptorium workshop absolutely made my day! I always love working with watercolors and painting – it really forces you to slow down and acknowledge what you are doing. Moreover, the exercise really made me appreciate the patience that one must have to create wonderful artistic works like an illuminated manuscript. The Gregorian music transported me to a different time and place, and I could picture how ethereal painters of manuscripts must have felt at the time of their creation. I struggled with the gold leaf – I think as a result of the paper- but it still is a nice touch. I really appreciated this day and have a lot of respect and admiration for the artists who created the manuscripts. I can’t imagine how difficult it must have been just to acquire the tools to create a manuscript, let alone create one.
