Watercolours, pencil crayon and markers on watercolour paper. If a hydrus sees a crocodile sleeping with its mouth open, the hydrus will roll itself in mud(to become slippery), slide down the crocodile’s mouth and eat its innards. It will finally eat its way out through the belly, killing the crocodile. Mmmm.
For more info on all your favorite medieval beasts, visit The Medieval Bestiary or your local library.
Watercolours, pencil crayon and markers on watercolour paper. “The nature of goats is so hot that their blood can dissolve diamonds.” Yikes.
For more info on all your favorite medieval beasts, visit The Medieval Bestiary or your local library.
Watercolours, pencil crayon and markers on watercolour paper (some development can be seen in previous posts). The fox halteth always, for the right legs are shorter than the left legs.
For more info on all your favorite medieval beasts, visit The Medieval Bestiary or your local library.
The second step in the ‘MAA’ series is transfering the image to watercolour paper and laying down a quick wash of colours.
A few weeks ago I completed what I would call a insignificant feat. It was the result of bizarre yet unimportant circumstances that were prompted by the gnawing of time and ticonderoga. I finally “finished” a sketchbook. I have always favored loose printer papers stuffed into binders and book jackets instead of the neat, collected fine bristol of sketchbooks. There are many sketchbooks that I had begun an artistic relationship with, only for me to scoff at them and turn them away leaving them empty hearted, save for the kiss of a graphite sketch spread across a page or two.
I can only guess that one book finally got to me, whispering to promise to collect memories and ideas. And in just over a year, I found myself sketching, drawing, inking, experimenting, life drawing, making notes for our game, developing postcards, designing wedding invites, writing down recipes, blue-printing logos, creating costumes…and coming to the last page. It was finished.
So I turned the book around and started drawing on the backs of already filled pages. So far, no smudging or mixing of lines. I can only hope the journey back will be as fun as the journey there.
Few of the pages would interest anyone, but I think I will be brave and post a few of them.
This is how all of ‘MAA’ illustrations started out…just as a quick sketch in a little black book.
Watercolours, pencil crayon and markers on watercolour paper. The elephant is the closest of all animals to humans in intelligence.
For more info on all your favorite medieval beasts, visit The Medieval Bestiary or your local library.
I hope everyone had a good holiday. I’m all tuckered out and New Years is still to come!