Illustrations
for EWTN’s The Crusades
When making a
documentary it is important to make it as visually interesting as possible. Therefore,
I like to use as many props as possible. Both Wales, The Golden Thread of Faith and The Crusades had drama sequences to depict the historical events. I also
like to use other visual aids such as Maps and Illustrations. I did have permission
to use actual manuscript illuminations however these proved to be too expensive and
we would need to renew the licence
after a certain time. In the end I did the illustrations myself. For the
Crusades I employed a manuscript illumination style. However, as a trained
illustrator I couldn't help add perspective in some of the illustrations. For example The Crusader Ships and St George and the Saints at Antioch have
perspective in them. The Crusader Knights
are perhaps more true to the actual style of 11th and 12th manuscripts illumination style.
Perspective did
not arrive in art until the Renaissance and the great Piero
della Francesca who did some amazing studies in perspective theory and virtually
invented it. Having studied perspective theory when I was at art
college I find Piero della Francesca work very inspiring.
Below are some of my illustrations for The Crusades and for Wales, the Golden Thread of Faith
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| Crusader Knights EWTN's The Crusades 2014, Private Collection |
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| St George and other Saints appear and help the Crusaders at Antioch EWTN's The Crusades 2014, Private Collection |
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| Crusader Ships EWTN's The Crusades 2014, Private Collection  EWTN's The Crusades 2014 %2BE3.JPG) EWTN's The Crusades 2014  EWTN's The Crusades 2014  EWTN's Wales - The Golden Thread of Faith 2013 Private Collection 
Thomas
Cromwell arrests a Cistercian Abbot
EWTN's Wales - The Golden Thread of Faith2013  EWTN's Wales - The Golden Thread of Faith 2013 |
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