So when I heard the title of the summer project, I instantly thought of Fairies and goblins and other such beings that live under toadstools and leaves in the forest and then I thought of I book I had in the house called Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book, it’s a small book written by Terry Jones and Illustrated by Brian Froud. Brian Froud is an artist that creates artwork that usually has a fantasy feel towards it (Froud did the artwork for the movies The Labyrinth & The Dark Crystal) I thought it tied in for a couple of reasons, one as I said earlier I thought if fairies, two because the book is laid out in the format of an old pressed flower book, which usually consists of many varieties of flowers, some of which come from the forest and three the artwork of Brian has a very earthy and natural look and feel to it(in the sense that his characters however inhuman, are seemingly at home with nature and there surroundings).
If anyone wants a look at the book I’ll bring it in September.
And I know this isn’t a page from my sketch book but I thought it would be an easy way to ease myself into the "virtual sketchbook" thing and to break the ice so to speak, in other words ease in the awkward turtle (oh the Joys in store for the people who have not yet me yet)
http://www.worldoffroud.com/www/about/bios/brian.cfm
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lady-Cottingtons-Pressed-Fairy-Book/dp/1857933362
Colin....I swear it's like we share the one brain! heres me thinking i'd be the first to post up a blog, with my cool fairy idea and there you are already posting away about fairies. well its clear I like your idea....:D mines not so with the squishing of the fairies, but thats a WAY cool idea, and its a good twist to the boring same pretty things you see. im gona have to up my game. :D
ReplyDeletei just stuck it up there not sure if im gona go with the fairy idea or not but we'll see
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