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Blog: Children's Book Reviews and Then Some (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Blog: Perpetually Adolescent (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Most people know of the musical Wicked, a revisionist telling of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz that empathises with the ‘bad’ witch, but not everyone knows that it is inspired by Gregory Maguire’s The Wicked Years series: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men and Out of Oz. He’s written other […]
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Well, here she is finished... the fearsome Baba Yaga. I really enjoyed this one, although if I was going to do it again I think I'd try to make her a little scarier. Maybe make her hair a little more wild and frizzy. And I also just learned that in some versions of the story, Baba Yaga has iron teeth, and sadly, I didn't give her any teeth. Next time, Baba, I'll be sure to give you some fierce chompers.
I still haven't decided which fairytale to do for October. I think I'll look back at your suggestions from previous months. And if you have any new suggestions, I'd love to hear them!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend!
Blog: Brooke B. (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I've decided to change the name of my "2012 Fairytale Project" to "Twelve Tales". Its a bit easier to say, and well, it just sounds cooler, no? I think I'm two or three illustrations behind at this point, but I'll get caught up eventually (er... I hope).
For September, I'm working on Baba Yaga. Baba Yaga and Vasalisa the Fair is one of my favorite fairy tales (its full of such cool symbolism and was nearly the subject of my grad school thesis project). But, in the interest of expediency and trying to get caught up with things, I decided to do a simple scene of Ms. Yaga, sans her chicken leg house, skull lanterns, or the fair Vasalisa.
I'm especially excited to ink and paint this one and am planning on pulling out the old masking fluid, which for some reason, I haven't used in years.
Blog: Silver Apples of the Moon (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Welcome to the Curse of Baba Yaga
Such an ugly name
In a broken frame
...Broken the frame with the Curse of Baba Yaga
Not a nice surprise
Get the angle vise.
Blog: Silver Apples of the Moon (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Here is the piece completely inked. I've coloured it since and am not sure what I think yet. It needs some tweaks. I tried colouring it in such a way that it didn't affect the contrasts too much that had already been laid down in pen and ink. This is easier to pull off colouring digitally but I wanted the imperfections of a watercolour wash.If you're curious I ink the foreground first and move backwards. I read somewhere that Arthur Rackham did this so I gave it a go and it became my usual practice. I find it gives me a sense of depth to work deeper into the picture this way.
I ripped the picture when removing it from the masonite board I had attached it to. Not badly and I fixed it with glue but I discovered, or rediscovered, how easily illustration board paper can separate from the board itself. The masking tape left rough spots everywhere I had it on the picture. As illustration board doesn't warp too badly I may forgo masonite in the future.
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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This is a pretty common scene in our house but this is the first time it's been captured on digital film... I can actually get a lot done this way. Many of my work days are ten hours long and Julie has similar days so this helps Henry feel a part of things and I think he's learned not to make any additions.
I'm working on the Baba Yaga drawing here, which I just now finished the inks for. I'm thinking this will be the inaugural piece in the online print store I'm opening. Does anyone have any pieces they'd like to have as a print?
I'm taking a short reading break right now and then on to the colours. I just picked up the beautiful and enormous Charley Harper art book. It's wonderful and almost intoxicating.
Blog: Silver Apples of the Moon (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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This week I received a fabulous 'custom drawing' from the lovely artist Lisa Hunt.
She takes commissions to create a figurative portrait of you, when given some key words or concepts. They are rather like mythological stream-of-consciousness drawings. Very fun to see and watch come into being.
The key words I suggested to Lisa for mine were: a younger/nicer version of a Baba Yaga figure - with her cottage in the woods, harvesting herbs with cats and chickens and natural magic. 'Green witch'...
I think this is very fun - both in concept and execution.
Thanks Lisa!
Blog: Saints and Spinners (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I've always been a fan of fairy tales where the main character's kindness to animals helps him or her become the hero of the story.The Queen Bee, by the Brothers Grimm is a good example. Baba Yaga and the Girl With the Kind Heart is another. Sometimes the main character is even mighty, and displays the wisdom of having humility even when one is rich and powerful, such as the legend of King
Blog: Silver Apples of the Moon (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Previous WIP posts are here and here.
After working a bit more on the Chinese-white coated versions, I have abandoned them - too heavy of a coating made all the subsequent layers chalky and blotchy-
And this one is direct painting onto hot press - which after another 25% I will then go on to the oil-wash stage.
I hope to be able to make more progress on her variations, but the next 4 fairy-horse books start up shortly and I also need to do some serious work on the IMC sketch.
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At the end of last post, I had printed out 4 versions of this drawing - 2 on cold press, 2 on hot. I painted a layer of Chinese White watercolor on one of each (to experiment with Edmund Dulac's technique). After that dried, I covered the whole surface with a wash of yellow ochre (it could be any color, and usually a darker value than this) - and while still wet, I pulled color back off the lightest areas.
(Here's an example of Dulac where you can really see the lifting)
Here are straight washes on hot press (left) and cold press (right). I normally paint on cold press - which I hugely prefer, and I intend to finish this one in the way that I normally work. The hot press is the underpainting for the oil washes.
Even though this is really time consuming, it is very interesting - and useful - to be able to compare papers and techniques side by side on the same painting. A thing I rarely take time to really explore. Here's hoping I can take these all fairly close to finish to get the full effect.
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I've enlarged the drawing and printed it out on a couple different varieties of watercolor paper -hot press and cold press - so that I can do a bit of experimentation. I want to do one version in my normal watercolor technique, another watercolor one a la Edmund Dulac, and the other one with oil glazes.
First step in experiment - the initial wash of Chinese white (you can see the relative thickness of the paint layer on the right one) for painting in a Dulac-ish sort of way. More layers tomorrow.
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Here's my first stab at non-cutesy, non-sparkly, non-young-girl drawing in several years. Having fun with the individual elements - still nudging the composition before moving onto value and color.
Baba Yaga is an intriguing figure in Slavic mythology. One of my favorite versions of her is done by Ivan Bilibin. Mine differs significantly, but for some reason I have an unreasonable fondness for her.
Blog: Saints and Spinners (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Here's the latest on the Consumer Protection Safety Improvement Act: CPSIA: It's February 10th, So Now What? Even though small businesses don't have to undergo testing of their items for children another year (but are liable if their products end up having a certain amount of lead or Phthalates), I'm still creating my nature table figures for people who are over twelve years of age. If you don't
well, I still love her! :) and she is plenty fiersome!
The skull moon is awesome!
I love her! Deliciously spooky.
Wonderful job! The glow from that spooky moon is fantastic!
Absolutely beautiful. My favorite was Thumbelina! I can hardly wait for all 12 to be finished, I want a calendar for sure! Great job.
Wait, I feel dumb because you already did Thumbelina. :D I will think of another one.
Hi Brooke, love how she turned out. Brilliant job.
I think she's awesome!!