The Misses Bennet.
Studies for the Bennet sisters from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
There is a ghost of a pair of glasses on Mary – I wasn’t sure whether she ought to have them or not…
Pencil in large Moleskine sketchbook, 2006
November Theme Challenge! The contents of a trashcan
14 'skines by Himmapaan
Freelance illustrator, mostly of children's books. Graduate of Kingston University (2003), UK. Native of Chiang Mai, northern Thailand; now living in London. Interests include literature, history, the natural world, languages, world cultures, fairy tales, folklore, mythology, historical costume, Classical music and all forms of art.
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2008Aug 1211
tags: Austen | Costume | study
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2008Aug 10
tags: dragon | Fairies | fantasy | Sun Wukong
What does one do with an artist’s block?
Try to see it from the dragon’s perspective, perhaps…
A friend suggested dealing with a block by drawing the wretched thing. The dragon was a sort of mindless excercise in drawing something seemingly ‘wrought’, but which came very easily to me…
Ink in large Moleskine sketchbook. 2008
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2008Jul 18
tags: Costume | FairyTale | Queen | Rosette | study
Rosette’s Mother.
Studies of the queen for the French fairytale, ‘Princess Rosette’, by Madame Catherine d’Aulnoy.
Pencil in large Moleskine sketchbook, 2005.
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2008Jul 13
tags: Costume | Fairy tale | Princess | Rosette | study
Rosette.
Studies for the fairy tale Princess Rosette by Madame Catherine d’Aulnoy.
Pencil in large Moleskine sketchbook, 2005.
Her dog (whose name is not Rabelais in the original, but I decided to call him that as I was hoping to write a retelling) remains unfinished.
