After many many hours of work, here is the final result. The first image is the work before framing and the second is the work at the exhibit in St Leonards Chapel on South Street, St Andrews.
(See previous posts for the process):
In June I was commissioned by my church, Saint Andrew’s Scottish Episcopal Church in St Andrews, to create a goodbye present for a long-time congregation member who was moving way. They wanted the grace prayer and some sprigs of rosemary (her name was Rosemary) along with the Diocese of St Andrews coat of arms. There are a few purple rosemary flowers scattered throughout and some bees since our rector keeps bee hives.
I have an upcoming commission from a local Pilates & yoga studio that wants a large chalkboard decorated with a sea-inspired border and the timetable of classes. After a few sketches, this is what the owner of the studio liked. I decided to make this digital version into its own thing since I liked it so much. Very summery.
© Letizia Morley 2019
My first overseas customer ordered this custom border along with the verses. She asked for thistles and celtic knots with a mostly blue colour scheme.
This is a version of a ‘carpet page’ decoration in the Book of Durrow, an 8th century illuminated manuscript from the British Isles done in the Insular style. Carpet pages were pages where the illumination filled the entire space rather than having a mixture of writing and painting, and also the image looks rather like a carpet.
A recent digital painting of pink, white and yellow tulips. I get so much joy each year when the tulips emerge. 
The next stage after painting in the watercolour portions was to start filling in all the vines in the border and the inside of the initial capital letter with Liquitex acrylic gold ink. I had to do a couple layers as this was a bit thin in texture. I need to experiment more with different types of gold paint in the future. I’m not to the level of gold leaf yet but admire those who can manage it.
