gattons school

all the fabulous artwork from gattons school reception class


so my 3 days at gattons infant school are over i had a great time with you all and i can definitely see some up and coming illustrators in amongst you all here are the pictures that we did i will be sending some printed ones over to your school very soon

mercury

next owl from the solar owls project -mercury

this time a crested owl (my fav owl)

Mercury -the messenger, the thief and the wise

in the image

-The fox is from Native american folklore and a symbol of mercury the fox differs from north american myths and plain tribes. In North mythology the fox is a wise nobel messenger, In the Plain's tribes it is a trickster that lures you to your demise.

-The lyre is a symbol held by the roman god mercury a messenger of the gods

-The stones used are amber and agate associated with the planet, amber the symbol of memory and wisdom and agate judgement

-The flower is the almond flower which is a symbol of mercury in many cultures and is a symbol of traveling and safe return

-The winged mask on the fox is based on the winged helmet of mercury in roman culture

-The dusk background is because mercury can only be seen at twilight (at least with naked eye)

- The ibis on the lyre are based on the egyptian god associated with mercury Tehuti who was a messenger and wise counselor who had the head of a ibis

oh and the compass is due to mercury in many cultures being seen as a messenger or traveller

cat and light

a quick lighting test turned into this both a good practice for me and also a small birthday gift for another illustrator

connor michael

a small drawing for a lady who lost her grandson, Connor was born premature and died on the 31st december 2009

sun

This is a new project that i am doing at the moment solar owls, yes i know odd but im having fun :) there will be a owl for each planet or minor planet and the earth's moon. Each card will features myths, symbols etc based on the planet. This one being the sun features a few things

-the lioness if from egypt, the lioness was the daughter of ra and was a symbol of the sun

- Chrysanthemum's are from england during the victorian era where flowers were used to represent different feelings , the language of flowers. Red chrysanthemum's mean a proposition

-the 2 horse's are avak and alsvid who are from norse mythology who pulled sol's chariot

-the wings on the horse's are based on celtic folklore who called the sun "the sun healing in his wings"

-the diamond is (more western) used as the symbol of the sun

-the scarab if from egypt, the symbol of the scarab and the sun is well used

and last but not least the chinese symbol is the symbol of the sun

anyway onto the next one :)