During lockdown I started illustrating books. It turned out to be a great source of ideas for imaginative drawing.
Here are three sets of illustrations completed to date, all based on favourite books from many years back.
The first was Wise Blood, a darkly funny tale about fanatical preachers in the southern US. Written by Flannery O'Connor, who described it as a comedy, the book was also made into a film by John Huston in 1979.
Next, The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway. One of his most famous books, cited by the Nobel prize committee in their decision to award him the prize in 1954, it has also been filmed several times.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was first published over 200 years ago, but still has a resonance today, with its story about wanton destruction of the natural world, the terrible consequences, and the possibility of redemption.
Here are three sets of illustrations completed to date, all based on favourite books from many years back.
The first was Wise Blood, a darkly funny tale about fanatical preachers in the southern US. Written by Flannery O'Connor, who described it as a comedy, the book was also made into a film by John Huston in 1979.
Next, The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway. One of his most famous books, cited by the Nobel prize committee in their decision to award him the prize in 1954, it has also been filmed several times.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was first published over 200 years ago, but still has a resonance today, with its story about wanton destruction of the natural world, the terrible consequences, and the possibility of redemption.