Last of the Valentines

This piece worked better in the sketch, though I like the heart shaped wolf, the writing ended up having too much space in it. I have terrible spelling problems, so it is contrary that I use so much text in my work both painted and sewn and I am often defeated because a piece is misspelled. But the challenge of sewing or painting lettering is a love of mine, so it is something I constantly come back to.

The Perils of Falling In Love

'The Perils of falling in Love' is a 'lion tamer' version of Little Red Riding Hood, it is an A1 acrylic illustration again exploring the theme of Valentines Day through this tale.

'My what a big heart you have . . .'

                                Fig 1: My what a big heart you have, Hazel Terry February 2015

All the better to love you with!

                                                      Fig 2 (above) the thought!

The top to toe illustration that I produced last week suddenly made me think of the queen of hearts in a pack of cards. This has evolved into this illustration called; 'My what a big heart you have  . . .'

                             Fig 3 (above) : Queen of Hearts Card  http://www.madore.org/~david/images/cards/english/queen-hearts.png

The graphics of these cards is strange, with their two headed characters, they are such instantly recognisable everyday visual symbols, that like the story of Little Red Riding Hood you can stretch and mutate but they remain recognisable.

References

Fig 1: My what a big heart you have, Hazel Terry February 2015
Fig 2: Sketch Hazel Terry
Fig 3: Queen of Hearts Card  http://www.madore.org/~david/images/cards/english/queen-hearts.png

Just Hold My Hand

Another gentle image of Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf. I wanted the hearts to be integral and the wolf's tongue to be his heart.

A gentle Valentine

I wanted a more gentle image of my main two protagonists for this Valentine image, it is painted in emulsion on A2 paper.

I love you wolf

I have zoomed into the sketch and produced this very graphic romantic wolf. But I am missing the interaction between him and the girl. This illustration like most of my work is A1.

Scraps of Valentine wishes

Thinking of Valentines Day in many ways but illustratively in terms of Little Red Riding Hood, so scraps of paper are littering the kitchen table, my desk etc I will share some of the results this week on the run up to Saturday.