It’s clear the little mouse from October’s painting project generated great inspiration! Enjoy!
From Marion: A lovely sense of fur texture without over-describing it, and of it being the same mouse from two angles (essential to book illustration). A tweak I’d consider making is to add a few more whiskers to the side with four only.
From Marion: The scraperboard works ever so well, the white pops from the dark background.
From Marion: “Brilliant idea to paint on a flooring sample! Very beautifully and delicately painted. Positioning of it in relation to the knot in the wood is perfect.”
From Marion: I do love that reference photo has taken you to this imaginative place, even as the splatter of red makes me wonder is that another mouse which has met it’s demise, or from the person wielding the knife? It left me with “Three Blind Mice” playing in my head.
From Marion: Really enjoying this combination of loose and expressive (the drips) with the detail, as well as the use of black negative space at the top vs the white in the bottom.
From Marion: “It certainly did!”
Marion’s paintings: I had great fun with this project, trying it in pencil, watercolour, and acrylic on watercolour paint. A friend sent me a concertina album book she made, which by happenstance was the perfect size. I also did a couple in acrylics on wood panel with a gold ground, which make me smile when I look at them as they’re so different from what I mostly paint.
Project instructions can be found here, and the list with all the projects and related content here. Remember, it’s never too late to do a project, nor submit a painting to share. Happy painting!