sallyito:Exquisite Monsters 2: So, I’m still drawing an image...

sallyito:

Exquisite Monsters 2:  So, I’m still drawing an image every day inspired by K.I. Press’ Exquisite Monsters poetry book.  Usually, I find a text that sparks my imagination and go Googling about for images.  For the “bearded lady at five o’clock,” I found a portrait of a young bearded woman from the 16th century that I copied.  The torso section featured a tree and this was relatively easy for me to draw without consulting any image.  For the legs section, the mention of ‘half shell,’ ‘sea foam,’ and ‘sea god’ conjured up for me the famous Botticelli Aphrodite image which I consulted to draw the legs and the half shell.  Of course, the feet are clad in ballet slippers.