1 May 2012

"... she had scarcely touched the spindle when it pricked her finger."


This drawing was done for an illustration group that I recently joined.  The theme was Sleeping Beauty.  I was aiming for a less conventional way to portray an oft illustrated fairy tale, and here is the result.  A bit too grim (or Grimm) perhaps?
You can see others' interpretations at http://gobananasillustration.blogspot.ca/
Pen and watercolour.

4 comments:

  1. Beautiful! Awesome! You are so inspiring Nancy! I'm very excited to see more of your work, and am looking forward to your first publication. Your work is so compelling in its intimacy.

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  2. Wow! Beautiful and intense. A great interpretation. I'm up for the next one now that my comic is rolling along.

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    1. Just peaked at your blog. Great stuff. I like your late-night doodles.

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  3. Sunni, Helena, thank you. I was hesitant to put up a blog so soon with so little work. However, it has been great getting feedback. The best of both worlds -- retreat and be artist hermit, then blog and chit-chat. I am not so good at the retreat part, and thus the thin portfolio. I mean, really, trawling back 20 years to find art? Sunni, you might even recognize stuff from art school days.

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