Unit X - The Brainless Deer; Artist Research

Figure 1: The Circus by Brian Wildsmith, 1930 

I am looking at Brian Wildsmith’s work for inspiration composition of use of colours.

For he is a painter and children ‘s book illustrator, which as my current project are narrative, story – telling, therefore, I think looking at his way of illustration would help me to illustrate the story.  This is the type of career I am considering, and this work is similar in style to what I create. I like the childlike drawing style- it creates a connection to the children as his main audience.  I want the audience to make connections with the animals in my work.

Brian Wildsmith

I am looking at the use of colours and the composition on overall in this painting.  The way the animals sit on the page inspire me.  This drawing style is very detailed.  The composition and scale of the image help the sense of the story.

By looking at this work, there is a potential for a great amount of reader imagination that is facilitated by the depth of visual images.  I plan to illustrate my story in a way that is similar to this, but in thread. 

Figure 3: Sketchbook Drawing

Before developing needlework, I have drawn the deer first then added the lion.

Figure 4: Sketchbook drawing

I then cut out the deer and re drew the lion.  I have developed composition and scale through the drawings. Focusing on spacing between the characters and using Wildsmith as an example.