Our summer adventures brought us safely home again and I am back to work with pencil and paint. The pleasant task at hand is the art for the sequel to The Dragon's Egg, cover art above. I was well into it before we left on holiday and the dragons were waiting for me on our return.
Written by Alison Baird, The Dragon's Egg (a national bestseller and Regional Winner of the Silver Birch Award) was first published in 1994. My young model for the girl has since grown up but fortunately I still have some of the photos of her. The dragon has stayed in my mind, endlessly striking poses to be captured on paper, so I am very glad that the sequel is coming together at last. It is as charming as the original, with wit and adventure, and (not to give too much away) more dragons and magic.The new cover art is complete, under wraps for now, and some black and white chapter headings are next.
I took my paints and brushes with me on holiday (a fully loaded palette, with fresh blues than softened and ran under the palette cover and combined to make interesting new tones), but it turns out that I am a good sailor only as long as I do not try to draw or paint at sea, so I enjoyed the rest from work and took photos instead. When the dragons are taken care of I'll get back to painting those beautiful blue waters and pink sands.
How lovely for you to revisit your dragon world, best wishes for the sequel.
ReplyDeleteI too find it hard to paint on holiday, it is good to have a break and soak up new images and inspiration. Your holiday destination certainly looks very inspirational.
Hello and welcome back to you. Holidays are for doing just what pleases you, every day.
ReplyDeleteYour dragon character is fabulous and I know that the new book will be very popular.
May I thank you again for the beautiful Candadian Christmas book and cards. I am so honored to have them! xo
What a beautiful blog you have. I love the paintings they are so loveley. I enjoyed reading your blog.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Belgium
Liliane