The House of Bernarda Alba continued.......

Well, what can I say, I haven't uploaded in a very long time now and so consequently there is quite a backlog! Just so you know, it took me many hours to scan nearly 30 pages!.........ok, not many hours.....maybe, half of one but still, a long time :) Hopefully the work is worth it? I'll leave you to decide on that one.

The House of Bernarda Alba

So, a couple of weeks ago I started a new project! Very exciting :) and this time it's...... another play. "The House of Bernarda Alba" was written by Lorca in Spain in 1936. It takes a minute and uncompromising glimpse into the lives of a family of five sisters who are ruled over by their tyrannical mother, Bernarda Alba. I want to take it into etching eventually although it's been fun turning my hand to pen and ink.

Nights at the Circus

This is the same image done in two very different ways. The first was created using mainly ink and watercolour while the second is a woodcut. It is a depiction of Walser, a reporter who joins the troupe and from whose point of view the story is largly told. These images were heavily inspired by the Russian art at the turn of the century.  

Nights at the Circus

In this picture Mignon sits forlornly in a bath tub just glimpsed through the half open door. The image is an etching using a method called aquatint.

In the circus ring, as the audience watches, the searing strains of music stirring the air, Mignon waltzes slowly with a tiger.

 

Fevvers takes to the air inside the Russian theatre, her wings unfurling as she ascends to the Gods.