Miss Minton is a severe but wonderful woman in Eva Ibbotson's Journey to the River Sea, a beautiful book set in the early twentieth century about a young girl discovering the Amazon and the people who live there. I'll be drawing a couple more of the characters over...
The second day back at life drawing I felt more relaxed. Maxime modelled, holding some lovely and difficult poses. I'm still behind with uploading drawings from the 16th, but I'll try to post those next weekend.
I'm a bit behind with posting my life drawings! The first evening back Clara modelled.
In this Cinderella-style story, Sarah is asked to dance by Prince Richard. I took inspiration for Richard's costume from John Peacock's book Costume: 1066 to the Present.
Back in 2009 I wrote The Dance for NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, which takes place every November. Sarah is a maidservant in the court of the king when a magnificent ball takes place. Though she is cleaning, Sarah is asked to dance ... For Sarah's...
Manaus is Rudy's son and as such has been through many of the trials she has. There is something very interesting about the 'relationship' between a writer or artist and their characters. It's possible to be very cruel to them to serve a story. I don't remember...
Rudy is a very old character of mine, but this is the first time I've draw her. In her world centaurs are considered like animals and are hunted for sport (though not to be eaten). As such the stories I've made up about her are often quite grim. I've heard that many...
For today's character design I've drawn Esther from the Book of Esther in the Old Testament and Tanakh. A Jewish orphan, she became queen of Persia. I enjoyed researching Persian clothing and hairstyles around 500 BC, though I haven't had time to research in great...
I meant to post these last weekend, but forgot. I drew them last month, using the Bodies in Motion site, beginning with 30 second poses and gradually giving myself more time. The site is excellent for capturing poses that a model would never be able to hold.