My first class at MICA met last night. So far so good. The students were great at the very least for patiently awaiting my very long monologue to end. Oddly enough Labor Day wipes out next week’s class and so we won’t meet again for two weeks. Over those two weeks I’ve got them illustrating Aesop’s fable, The Fox and The Grapes. In the meantime I’ve got more sketches to do myself. I think I’ll go work on that now.
Medieval Mouse Archer
With the launch of the newly designed site I have sorted my work into six galleries, including: Fantasy, Fables, Classic Tales, Animals, Portraits and Sketchbook.
Naturally I want to add to each gallery, but the Fantasy gallery is likely to get the most attention. After that maybe Fables as I’ve always liked Aesop’s fables if not simply because the so often feature animals. Anyway, the separate galleries seemed like a good step toward clarity. I like clarity.
The Woodsman and the Serpent
I’ve always liked Aesop’s fables. Somehow I doubt they are even mentioned in public schools these days. Hopefully I’m wrong and children still have a love for them. To-date I have only illustrated two of his fables, but I hope to do more. The Woodsman and The Serpent is my favorite of the two that I’ve illustrated. I had previously displayed a cropped version on my Fables Gallery, but today I have uploaded the full version which is much taller.
View the full-sized version in my Fables Gallery.
