A double update! Both characters are from The Princess of Nowhere, the first novel I ever finished writing. Trennte is the manservant of Prince Jespar, and is the prince's friend and mentor. Jeffrey is a tie. For some reason I cut Jeffrey out of the later drafts,...
Finn is a half-Indian, half-English boy who Maia meets and befriends. Unfortunately I missed yesterday - I'm away from home at the moment, and yesterday proved too busy! I may do a double update tomorrow to catch up.
Maia is an orphan, sent out to Brazil to distant relatives in the care of Miss Minton.
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...