NEW ART: It's the first chapter for the "new" series of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz illustrations I'll be doing. I say "new" because I'd already done one illustration from this book before, Chapter Six:The Cowardly Lion, but at that time that was all I was planning on doing. But as times gone by and due to other influences, I've been convinced to do the entire book. The neat thing about that is, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a book in public domain. So once I've finished the series, I can bind it together like I do with the Potter books, but unlike the Potter books, I can sell it!
Anyway, there's a ways to go before I can do all that, for now I present to you the first illustration from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter One: The Cyclone. When you go to the page to look at it, note, (again like the Potter-Paintings) there are a couple vignette drawings that accompany the illustration. The first of the two vignettes was the orginial drawing for the actual painted illustration. I got as far as having it on the board and even a good number of hours of painting put into it, but it just wasn't working for me. I still liked it, which is why I kept it as a vignette. But it just wasn't quite good enough to be the primary illustration for the chapter. I am much happier with the new scene. SO happy I changed my mind! |
