Illustration Friday - Capture & Inspire Me Thursday - Black & White
She captured his imagination from the moment he saw her. Gathering flowers in a sunny field with the breeze gently lifting her hair to glint in the sun, she was so much the image of blossoming life that Hades knew he must have her for his own. One day, driven to action by his fierce desire, Hades charged in his chariot through a gap in the earth, and seized the terrified maiden. Thus Persephone, the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Demeter, was brought to the realm of the dead where she became Hades' bride and the Queen of the Underworld.
(micron pen on bristol/photoshop)
posted by carla at 2:31 PM
58 Comments:
Wow Carla, this is most beautiful! I love your literary references which provide the philosophical core of your work.
very beautiful indeed! love all the pattern and detail
Your work is so delicate, interesting, detailed! Always a delight.
This is beautiful
This image is simply stunning! As well, this is one of my very most favorite myths.:)
totally delightful!!
Outstanding! And I LOVE that myth! Great job.
This is beautiful! I am really impressed by the black background one!
Lovely, very elegant.
wow carla, this is absolutley beautiful! i love all the detail!
Ooooh, lovely. I really like the image, so elegent, and the black and white reversal just gives it so much impact.
It's impressive, clever and lovely that you can combine so many passions in one piece! Your passion for writing, mythology, literature, teaching, women, painting, IF, Inspire me Thursday and I'm sure there are more but you can see where I'm headed. Pretty amazing what a multi-dimensional post and person you are!!!
I like the way you've chosen to depict Persephone's duality. Beautiful work. I also like that you've chosen to keep this simple and B&W. It's very effective.
Wonderful image, and I like it both ways. Bravo!
I love the details. Very inticate and very gentle.
Carla, this is wonderful! Exquisite details with your penwork! I'm still stumped for an idea on this one...
really a great drawing! :D
OOh!Lovely! Great idea to use Persephone, too! I think the mythologyand the image fit particularly well this time!
i love the intricate motifs.
Splendid.
This is beautiful, Carla. And of course I love the Persephone myth. It's very deep and rich and your drawing has really "captured" that.
This is very beautiful
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one must admit that good literature and good visual art goes perfect together...
beautiful Carla.
hugggs,
h e l e na
wonderful detail!!! beautiful!
I'm sorry to repeat what everybody says, but it's sooo beautiful
So beautiful! Hope you end up painting this one too! Your last painting was wonderful!
This is beautiful. One of my favorites so far.
beautiful, so intricate and delicate the black and white seems perfect!
Oh great, one of my favs so far, I wrote a book dedicated to them both - lovely imaging. I just read your 'about me' again - isn't it true how our jobs can take us away from the very thing we love even though they may be closer to it than most jobs? Blogging has been great.
Just one of her would have been overwhelmingly beautiful, but I just adore what you've done with the negative image. The two meet and make such a compelling image! I'm amazed at how quickly you produced this. She looks as though it could have taken much longer. And the commentary of course ties it all together wonderfully!
Very lovely illustration. It reminds me of Aubrey Beardsley, very cool. I like the field represented in the dress, I am guessing in relation to the Persephone reference. And, the idea that the negative image represents the underworld, perhaps as a reflection of life, or would life be the reflection?
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I love the negative image...really cool carla!!
I am always in such awe of your ability to draw such fine detail work.
This is just beautiful.
oooh, i think i like the white on black best. the detail seems to glow from there.
beautiful!!! Infinitely better than my attempt. Wow.
great job carla!!! beautiful details!!!
Stunningly georgeous!!
lovely idea, carla!
wonderful; I could see these on the sides of different vase; a grecian and a roman perhaps? Didn't the grecian vases use a lot of reverse?
This is so beautiful!
I was in an art store the other day.
I saw the silver/white Gelly Roll pens & thought of you!
Amazing this bloggy world.
Smooch,
The Tart
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I find these wonderful, Carla. They work splendidly for Capture and Opposite, too.
Hi Carla, I miss my blogging friends.
I LOVE it when you do this type of art work.
I always get the feeling you really get relaxed and in the zone of creating when you do this pattern work.
And it looks so fantastic in B & W.
Thank you again for your kind comments on Ginny.
beautiful! Love the line and the mirror-image effect. Plus, I love Persephone's legend. Thanks.
Love the details and elegant pattern!! Wonderful work with a touch of mystery!
i love always your illustrations very niceee
All the beautiful detail and the graceful undulating lines! Stunning!
My dad was a wonderful pen and ink artist, he rarely used color, and then just washes, and a bit of watercolor work from time to time. I think of his gift often when I come to your site.
I am always in awe and a bit jealous I think of the beauty and fine detail you bring to the themes so often with not one dab of color in many of your pieces, and yet when you use color, it's lovely and so skilled. Your work is beautiful and the myth makes it all the more interesting.
Absolutely gorgeous! I love the twin images. . and I love the myth you choose. I was going with a painting I had of Ganymede - but I just could not get a good picture. . sigh. So it makes me happy that you covered the myths and so beautifully!
great illustration… they create an arrow pointing to the underworld… poor persephone…
She really must be seen large to properly appreciate the detail. Are you sure you have to go back to work in September? :) Oo -- I see a new website link on your sidebar. Can that mean new website content? I'm off to check...
thanks again for your lovely comment..
and a beautiful peice by you ..as always
The tale of Persephone has always been a favourite of mine, you have illustrated her beautifully!
oh my goodness I'm comment 58!!!!!!! ........ only one word lol........
BEAUTIFUL, Jx
Beautiful, delicate renderings, Carla. You have such an eye for the fine details.
beautiful!!!!
It is my favorite tragic tale of beauty and the beast.
Isn't it amazing how completely different something appears from the opposite point of view.
Beautifully done!
I'm always a little behind on comments. I tend not to comment on the current set of images in an effort to NOT solely post to drive traffic back to myself.
I like a lot of your work. The paintings are especially nice with lots of smart color choices. The lineart, here, is great. Most of my work would fall into that sort of category as well. Between this and your self portrait, I'd like to see more.
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