The Lady of the Lake in Two Takes.
Presenting: The first
piece of art for my “Around the World in 365 Days Challenge”!
Since itsy bitsy
details are always great fun...both “Ellen's” here are based on a picture of
Fiona in a scene in “Brigadoon”. The garland upon her head is made of harebells.
The pattern of her shawl or screen (call it what you will) is based off
the pattern of an actual tartan of the Douglas clan.
These are the first
drawings I have done with colored pencils since the days when my artwork mainly
consisted of coloring pictures. One of my visions with this personal
challenge is to use it as a plan to advance my drawing skills and hence, though
I see much in the pictures that might be improved, I am altogether quite
pleased with them!
Which is your favorite rendition?
Have
you ever read “The Lady and the Lake” or watched “Brigadoon”?
Do you mean Sir Walter Scott's long poem "The Lady of the Lake"? I read that and Marmion and another long one years ago. I enjoyed them. I think he is a faaar better poet than novelist. Besides Ivanhoe (but still similar) his stock storyline which my sisters and I mock is "poor blond Scot soldier travels and does noble deeds and falls in love with rich lady whose hand he does not deserve, but wait he is a lord in disguise (or the king of Scotland or whatever)."
ReplyDeleteBesides "The Lady of the Lake", I have not read any of Scott's other works, but I remember listening to "Ivanhoe" when I was little and finding it so very inspiring that I put together an entire Playmobil set up for it. :) It does sound like Scott's favorite story line had a good dash of fairy tale in it. :)
DeleteAll right, I just had to pop in. :-) Lovely, lovely, lovely!!! And (I already told you), but along with the rest of it, you did an absolutely amazing job on her screen. ;-) And the reflections in the lake...
ReplyDeleteThank you Heidi! :)
DeleteSo pretty! I love the color scheme you chose!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comment, Natalie! I had a great deal of fun choosing the colors. :)
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