Playing with type for a theme of the month submission over on John’s website.
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Tag: poem
It is an ancient Mariner
Since I’ve been painting water quite a bit lately that particular verse from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge kept running through the back of my mind. So in the end I had to play with type….
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I’ve been looking at trees lately, well, that’s no real surprise, I often look at trees. However I’ve been looking at them a bit closer than usual đŸ˜‰
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Following the pen and ink version of the Troll that sat alone link I decided to attempt something in paint. I quite enjoyed painting the background, well rocks are always interesting to paint, but once the troll was on his seat I felt something wasn’t quite right. So I ended up finishing off the painting in Photoshop by adding the fire and smoke then darkening the left hand side of the image. For those that don’t know it the poem (which inspired this painting) it starts… Troll sat alone on…
Read MoreOn Ederachillis’ Shore
I was looking for inspiration for ‘wolf’ themed paintings when Julie pointed me towards this poem… On Ederachillis’ shore The grey wolf lies in wait- Woe to the broken door, Woe to the loosened gate, And the groping wretch whom sleety fogs On the trackless moor belate. The lean and hungry wolf, With his fangs so sharp and white, His starveling body pinched By the frost of a northern night, And his pitiless eyes that scare the dark With their green and threatening light. He climeth the guarding dyke, He…
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