This is a pen and ink drawing I did of the Cinderella story, from a slightly non-traditional point of view. I meant to do it on scratchboard, but I liked my preliminary drawing and had never worked in the new medium, and so I chickened out. I may still redo it now that I've had a bit more experience, as I like the expressiveness of scratchboard, and the wood block look , plus I would like the ground to be a middle value, and I'm not entirely satisfied with the pumpkin. That said, I had a lot of fun with this and am relatively happy with it. Revisiting fairytales is something I've been doing, inspired by a book on children's illustrators. It takes me to a very happy place while I'm working, and makes me think of my daughter, who is a really big fairy tale buff. I also like drawing feet!
1 year ago
