1u – The Myth Makers
The Myth Makers
Despite this being possibly the most successful foray by Dr Who into comedy territory, I decided to steer clear of “comic” images – I’ve done a few too many cartoonish sketches of late (see “The Time Meddler” and “The Romans”). Instead I decided to focus on the horse, which is of course the image for this story – it’s sort of what the entire thing hangs on the pivot around which the situatio turns from comedy to tragedy in the final episode. It’s also a remarkably strong design – perhaps the first time we see Doctor Who really moving away from more stagey productions to “modern” production design. It’s angular body has always grabbed my eye – completely off-topic, I happen to quite like
Franz Marc, and it reminds me of his animals in many ways. Strange how visuals connect sometimes across cutures and contexts isn’t it?
This also gave me a chance to try using Oil Pastels – I usually use Soft Pastels, and realy have thought of Oil pastels as a bit like trying to draw with lipstick! However, the short, angular marks proved a good way to experiment, and I got the hang of using them, and their unique way of blending, fairly quickly, so all in all this sketch came together in a matter of minutes! I chose to stop fairly early on this one – less is more! (actually, I’m bearing in mind a discussion I recently had about Egon Schiele with doctorwhoforum.com member Draculasaurus, and his comment “That guy really knows when to put down the brushes and call it finished. it’s the shameless opposite of over-worked.” True of a lot of my favourite artists!)
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