Joseph Vernot Illustration

« Tristan and Iseult » Ink and gouache on paper, 20 x 20 cm (©️Joseph Vernot, 2018) The library of @plaisancedutouch will host an exhibition dedicated to the Knights of the Round Table in March. Ten fine art prints from my book « Heroes, Princes & Knights » (@marmaille_compagnie, 2016) and this exclusive illustration on thé theme of « Tristan and Iseult » have been ordered to me for the occasion. A great opportunity to enjoy the waters of Preraphaelism and the Arts & Crafts Movement that I have always loved deeply. •••••••••• #art #artwork #illustration #illustrator #ink #inkdrawing #silhouette #blackandwhite #illumination #gouache #carmine #gold #celticlegends #celticmythology #tristanandisolde #dragon #swallow #preraphaelite #artsandcrafts

At a time when the most despicable persons can be held to the highest standards, to show you the cover for this book seems relevant. Education and culture are the key, more than ever...

I wanted to paint the pencil study I made the day before yesterday. Since I drew in a sketchbook whose paper wouldn't have tolerated to be wetted, I had to scan it before printing it on a watercolour paper. The feathers are inspired by the lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus) ones whose biotope and way of living are propbably very close to those of Velociraptor.

Slowly getting back on the horse with this study of a Velociraptor...

This fall, there will not only be mermaids and knights...

It's with this picture of a Little Mermaid dissolving in the foam that my work on this book ends. The last six months were fascinating but also very exhausting. And so I'm going to take some rest, hunt inspiration in London for a few days and above all moult for there are many questions needing to be answered. Thereafter will start a rich and exciting time of book signings before going to new adventures!

37 years ago today was published for the first time "The Neverending Story" that I illustrated proudly two years ago for Hachette Publishing.

To the Sea Witch’s...

"The sea here formed a little bay, in which the water was quite still, but very deep; so she swam with the handsome prince to the beach, which was covered with fine, white sand, and there she laid him in the warm sunshine, taking care to raise his head higher than his body." Digital inking and gouache 102,5 x 145 mm, 2016 © Joseph Vernot & Scutella Editions BD

A storm of ink, watercolour and gouache.

Sea-dog & sea-cat

The silent world...

Starry night over the Copenhagen harbor...

Illustration for the title page of “The Little Mermaid” (Scutella Editions, November 2016)...

"She rose just as the sun was setting, and this, she said, was the most beautiful sight of all. The whole sky looked like gold, while violet and rose-colored clouds, which she could not describe, floated over her; and, still more rapidly than the clouds, flew a large flock of wild swans towards the setting sun, looking like a long white veil across the sea." Digital inking, watercolour and gouache 145 x 205 mm, 2016 © Joseph Vernot & Scutella Editions BD

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