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

This is a pencil drawing of Colonel Kearney, leader of the troupe,  with his pet pig Cybil.

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.

Nights at the Circus

Fevvers, an Etching

Anyone who has read Angela Carter's novel "Nights at the Circus" will know that it is a veritable treasure chest of vividly evocative images, rich in texture and detail and just ripe for depicting, any illustrators dream.

This image of Fevvers, the story's feisty protagonist, is an etching. I used this design for the front cover (adding the title and authors name later by hand).

Lantern made from paper cut outs.



The North Wind

Doth Blow and

We Shall Have

Snow

Know it's been a while but here's a seasonal offering. Put this together at the end of 2010 inspired by studies I'd made while on location in the centre of Plymouth. The little rhyme aptly describes the weather's temperament in these parts....... windy. The lantern is four sided and made out of paper.

Christmas card competition

I was inspired by my previous doodle for this years Christmas card competition. I plan to do more collage behind.

Lets hope I can keep this up this time.

Well, I haven't uploaded anything in an enormously long time (very remiss of me) for which I feel quite ashamed! Here then, to make amends, is a little doodle I did to stick behind the plastic window of my purse.