as promised, here are the pics from my little art project. now keep in mind, I didn't draw the designs. they come as a black and white copy of an original. it is up to the painter to add color and details. Sure, you could relate it to 'paint by numbers' a bit, but I had no guidelines as to what it should look like, and I added a few of my own touches to it. overall I'm happy with how they turned out, although i don't like the first one as much as the second.


this is the first one I worked on. as you can see, it's fairly plain.


a closer look at the details.


this is the second one. there was more opportunity to add small details, so I like it better.


close-up #1 the flowers and gold and silver trims are my idea


close-up #2 my flur-de-lis and gold accents

if you're wondering about their purpose, these are used as awards in my renaissance organization. kind of a personal touch. much better than a 'participant' ribbon, although come to think of it i use to get a lot of those...