Friday, February 28, 2014

Florario project: the cosmic trees

After the flowers of the divine, the rose and the lotus, Florario, the book I am following for my exploration of myths and legends of plants and flowers (more about it in this post), presents a chapter about the cosmic trees. The very first of them is the ash tree (frassino in Italian), for which the most well known traditional tale is that of the Yggdrasil. Because of the popularity of this myth,Yggdrasil has been represented many many time by different artists in different historical periods..so I am pretty sure that I will not come out with a very original image. Nonetheless, it's a fascinating subject and I'll give it a try. Here is the original rough (very rough) sketch and the pencils of the piece. Now I am slowly inking with my grey Copic Multiliner...it will take a while. ;)



Linking up to Manon's Paper Sundays.

Stay warm (we are having snow this weekend...again!) and may spring come to your home soon!
Posted by at

18 comments:

  1. froebelsternchenFebruary 28, 2014 at 11:30 PM

    WOW --- such amazing drawings - full of fantasy and beautiful done !

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. AsteraMarch 4, 2014 at 3:14 PM

      Thank you so much...I am now thinking if I should do something different with the bottom part...:)

      Delete
  2. Valerie-JaelMarch 1, 2014 at 2:42 AM

    Beautiful work, Valerie

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. AsteraMarch 4, 2014 at 3:15 PM

      Thank you so much for stepping by, Valerie!

      Delete
  3. Arnoldo L. Romero, MLAMarch 1, 2014 at 7:33 AM

    I love the intricacy of your sketches. Happy Paper Saturdays and blessings!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. AsteraMarch 4, 2014 at 3:15 PM

      And you too, Arnoldo. Thank you for your visit and comment! :)

      Delete
  4. UnknownMarch 1, 2014 at 8:22 AM

    Oh the sketch is wonderful. I can't wait to see it once you have it all done.

    Hugs
    Caroline

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. AsteraMarch 4, 2014 at 3:16 PM

      It's a slow progress...I need to buy a new multiliner: this is running out and it takes forever to ink each part! :)

      Delete
  5. KimMarch 1, 2014 at 9:59 AM

    Gorgeous trees. The will be stunning with colour. I love that you can put so much of a story in one picture...amazing talent.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. AsteraMarch 4, 2014 at 3:17 PM

      You are too kind Kim! I hope colors will not ruin it! ;)

      Delete
  6. manomijMarch 2, 2014 at 7:57 AM

    What a wonderful sketch! I am wondering what you will do with this? Happy Paper Saturdays. ManonX

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. AsteraMarch 4, 2014 at 3:18 PM

      I wonder it too! Maybe we'll know more next Saturday! ;)
      Thank you for coming over! :)

      Delete
  7. manomijMarch 2, 2014 at 7:58 AM

    Oops I am not sure if you can see the comment I just wrote for you but anyway Happy Paper Saturdays and thanks for sharing. ManonX

    ReplyDelete
  8. Wendy Luane BarberMarch 4, 2014 at 2:59 PM

    This is really cool. What size are you working in? I'm trying to get back into painting and filling up my sketchbooks. And I really like your 29 Faces.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. AsteraMarch 4, 2014 at 3:24 PM

      Hi Wendy! This one is a 9x12, but it's my last sheet of the Fabriano Artistico I had. The new pad is bigger...Now I must decide whether to cut my other sheets to this size for the duration of the project (which is very very long) or just switch to a bigger size. I wonder if scaling up would affect too negatively my productivity, given I am rather slow as is...

      Delete
  9. Kristin DudishMarch 6, 2014 at 6:17 PM

    Wow! What a cool project... Such an intricate (and beautiful!) drawing! (I love your blog title and header too!)

    ReplyDelete
  10. Tammie LeeMarch 7, 2014 at 5:56 PM

    this promises to be a magical piece. I am not familiar with Yggdrasil, though i have heard of it.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)