I finished the third of my illustrations for my book "Milkweed Manor." This is vicious, the weasel assistant to Reynard who is a fox and a shaman. Seeking help for the sick mouse children in the village, one of the badger boys, accompanied by a crow, hiked deep into the woods to find the shaman. As they approach, Vicious confronts them from a window of the shaman's compound.
As with the earlier illustrations, this is pencil with watercolor washes. This is a combination of media that I'm comfortable with and I like the old-fashioned, tinted drawing look. These take quite a while to do and this one was especially challenging working around the filaments of the spider web.
At this point, I'm simply illustrating passages at random. Once I have about a dozen I'll probably switch to working on layout with place holders for illustrations that aren't done yet. This is a fun process, but has some frustrations. I find it impossible to concentrate just on these illustrations. Other projects seem to call to me in voices that won't be silenced. So this set of illustrations will inevitably take quite a while to finish. I'm venturing into unknown territory with the layout! But fun!
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