Over the next several days, I'm going to post a step-by-step of my current work-in-progress. This whole series will subsequently be archived on the website (www.marylayton.net), but I thought it might be fun to do the steps via the journal first. Now, let's just hope I don't wind up bollocksing the whole thing up before I'm finished!
First, is the initial sketch. This is the pencil sketch (with some preliminary inking) for a painting I'm working on for the next EA Art Show at Enchanted Artists. The theme for this show is to be the Arthurian legend, and I've decided to use Marion Zimmer Bradley's interpretation of Morgaine for my piece. In "The Mists of Avalon", Morgaine, half-sister of Arthur, is a Priestess of the Isle of Avalon, having been seperated from her half-brother when they were still children. When Morgaine is of age, she participates in the Great Rite wherein, unbeknownst to the both of them, she is partnered with her half-brother and is impregnated with Mordred. Far from the scheming sorceress of some interpretations, Morgaine in the MZB tale is horrified by what has happened and definitely not happy about being with child.
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Tomorrow, the first washes!
