A prince, a king and a mage
Dear Sarah/Dear Nikki - Day 448 of our daily art adventure
Hi Sarah -
well, I have no idea what to title this one… Little Prince-ish?
I am finding that the drying time between layers is not conducive to single-session-results. So… I’ve taken to working on several at one time - starting a few backgrounds when I have a minute, cutting out random things, gluing down some layers… I started this one a week or so ago and have kept adding and reconsidering, a bit every day until… well, I have to stop at some point.
There is a piece taken from the Sistine Chapel in this one…
Oh, I see something I should add… I’ll do that tomorrow and add the second/updated image then.
Fabio is home safe and sound and in good spirits. We shall see how he feels tomorrow after the last of the freezing wears off…
Cheers,
Nikki
Hi Nikki,
Very “The Little Prince Gets His Freak On!” The angle of his head messes with my head a bit, but he’s got a lot of attitude, striding around in space in his retro David Bowie-esque outfit.
I drew a portrait of my grandson today, using a grid that supposedly approximates the proportions of a six-year-old’s head. But not Kai’s head, apparently. Eyes are hard to draw, mouths too. I’ll keep trying and post a few another day.
I also did a small painting of a rock cairn.
I thought it might be cool to find old kids’ picture books in Little Free Libraries, tear them up and use the images and words for collage. So I went to look in a kids-books-only little free library near me. Lots of garbage but two fantastic finds: A banged up first edition (1944) of Animal Stories illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky, a Russian emigre who illustrated many children’s book and won the Caldecott Medal. And a 1977 second printing of The Book of Merlyn by TH White, with incredible ink illustrations by Trevor Stubley, a British artist and illustrator (b. 1932). He illustrated over 400 children’s books and received over 500 portrait commissions (the Queen, Judi Dench et. al.). The portrait of King Arthur (below) is masterful.
But can I bear to tear these books up?
Sorry for the quality of the photos of the books. I was too lazy to get up and find better lighting.
Oh, Nikki, I LOVE that little prince-ish one. It is a little unsettling, but isn't that the point of many collage pieces? And especially with where your reading has gone this last while, with school. And Sarah, my stomach knotted up with the thought that you might tear apart those books, but I realize if they're really ratty and wrecked, it's better to give them some sort of second life than send them to the dump. I have a TBR box of sorts, except this one is filled with bits and pieces I couldn't bring myself to trash, but see potential for some future collaging. But first, to write. I have visions of myself as a creaky 95-year-old surrounded by glue and bits!