Photos from David Clayton's Gothic Illumination Workshop

In July, we were pleased to welcome David Clayton to Calgary to teach a workshop on gothic style illumination.  David led students in a study of the English gothic style of illumination that is often described as the school of St. Albans.  Its leading artist in the 13th century was a monk called Matthew Paris.  Images in this style can be found in the Westminster Psalter which served as an inspiration for the contemporary St. John's Bible.  David's workshop focused on having the students develop their own drawing of a traditional image and then painting it in egg tempera.  You can follow David's work and thoughts on the renewal of Sacred Art on his excellent blog, Way of Beauty


 Below are some examples of the work of the students completed during David's workshop.