Art: Bat Boy (G) and Mourning (G)
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siguneLast Saturday the desire took me to buy some nicely textured coloured paper, because I was bored with pencils on white. While I was at the art supplies shop, I thought I might as well get myself a few pastel pencils too, because I'd never tried those and I just happen to be impossibly curious ;-). This time, however, I decided to be wise and to buy loose pencils instead of a whole box, waiting until I had some idea as to what I would actually need. So, colourful as I am, I went home with four Koh-i-Noor pastel pencils: white, pale grey, mouse grey and black. And I produced two pictures.
The first is a bit of a try-out on white paper in a notebook. It's inspired by Snape's first encounter with Lily and the odd figure he cuts in his too-large coat. I just adore the picture of him 'flapping after the girls, looking ludicrously bat-like, like his older self'. (It's one of these images that make DH at all palatable.)
In order to really convey the bat-like element, he should be moving, not standing still looking like a kicked puppy. I tried several poses but they wouldn't work. I may revisit this theme in the future :-). Here I was too impatient to play with my new toys to continue studying the pose (*irons hands*)... It's not particularly brilliant, though I think the folds of the smock ended up looking rather nice *g*.
The second picture - on coloured paper this time - is of Brynhild. While I was working on it, I couldn't help feeling that there was something familiar about it... In the meantime I have decided that it's heavily (though unconsciously) influenced by the Flemish Primitives XD. Not only have I made a grisaille, the high forehead and the way I did the eyes are similar to those of Renaissance women's portraits I have seen in Bruges and elsewhere. I have been looking for a particular portrait that comes to my mind when I look at this picture, but I can't recall who painted it and I haven't been able to find it so far...
...I still haven't decided on whether Brynhild will actually have to mourn or not... In a sense I think the story will be more powerful if she has to, and it would be truer to the spirit of canon, which is all about the inevitability and acceptance of death - but it remains ironical that precisely this law is suspended for Harry *frowns*. Why not for Snape, then?
Totally unexpectedly I have been getting new ideas for the "WIP of Doom - post-DH remix". It seems I am beginning to be able to let go of a number of my original ideas and replace them with things that make more sense in the light of the new canon. Some of my pet elements just don't serve much purpose anymore and I have to entirely rethink my approach. But it's just possible that it can be done. In fact I'm looking at two long stories - one primarily gen (with the now obligatory SS/LE as a sideshow) and a shippy one (Severus/Brynhild) that gives my nasty little twist to DH ;-).
The first is a bit of a try-out on white paper in a notebook. It's inspired by Snape's first encounter with Lily and the odd figure he cuts in his too-large coat. I just adore the picture of him 'flapping after the girls, looking ludicrously bat-like, like his older self'. (It's one of these images that make DH at all palatable.)
In order to really convey the bat-like element, he should be moving, not standing still looking like a kicked puppy. I tried several poses but they wouldn't work. I may revisit this theme in the future :-). Here I was too impatient to play with my new toys to continue studying the pose (*irons hands*)... It's not particularly brilliant, though I think the folds of the smock ended up looking rather nice *g*.
The second picture - on coloured paper this time - is of Brynhild. While I was working on it, I couldn't help feeling that there was something familiar about it... In the meantime I have decided that it's heavily (though unconsciously) influenced by the Flemish Primitives XD. Not only have I made a grisaille, the high forehead and the way I did the eyes are similar to those of Renaissance women's portraits I have seen in Bruges and elsewhere. I have been looking for a particular portrait that comes to my mind when I look at this picture, but I can't recall who painted it and I haven't been able to find it so far...
...I still haven't decided on whether Brynhild will actually have to mourn or not... In a sense I think the story will be more powerful if she has to, and it would be truer to the spirit of canon, which is all about the inevitability and acceptance of death - but it remains ironical that precisely this law is suspended for Harry *frowns*. Why not for Snape, then?
Totally unexpectedly I have been getting new ideas for the "WIP of Doom - post-DH remix". It seems I am beginning to be able to let go of a number of my original ideas and replace them with things that make more sense in the light of the new canon. Some of my pet elements just don't serve much purpose anymore and I have to entirely rethink my approach. But it's just possible that it can be done. In fact I'm looking at two long stories - one primarily gen (with the now obligatory SS/LE as a sideshow) and a shippy one (Severus/Brynhild) that gives my nasty little twist to DH ;-).
