Event banners

This is the first of the two banners that I painted for our Spring event. I was hostess for the German pavilion, and along with some snacks I also provided some decorations.

This banner has the arms of the cities/regions under the Holy Roman Empire as of 1604, from a hand-painted woodcut.

This second banner was also from a late 16th century hand painted woodcut (I could be wrong, it might be simply a painted image, no wood cuts involved). I didn't get all the tassels finished for it, there should be another dozen or so across the top, but I just ran out of time, since I was also doing the food and other assorted decorations, like paper flags and pendants.

I had a lot of fun with both of these banners, with the first taking a lot of time, from the planning, to prepping to the actual painting, and the only really bad part of the whole process that I hated was that I was working in my garage, and it got cold. Our main furnace died this year and we haven't replaced it yet. Living in South Texas we experience a few days of extreme cold, but not a lot. This year has been milder than most even, and since the new furnace is expensive, I haven't been rushing to get it replaced. Therefore, my space heater for the garage workshop was in the house and I was outside on my own. I'm also thinking next time I have such a project to complete when we go through a cold spell, I'm going tent off a section of the garage rather than trying to heat the whole place so I can have heat where I am, and not all the shelves and stuff!

I've been kind of thinking what else I can paint, I have that urge, though I am also trying to remind myself I have to finish the to-list first.