Drawtober - Prompt 4: Folklore

Drawtober prompt 4: Folklore


“An endless, dreamlike trance to all who enter a fairy ring made of mushrooms and shall dance until they perish from exhaustion.” 

I made a bold decision when I was almost done with this image to spread powdered graphite over the entire piece. It was a back and fourth for a while whether or not I liked it or if I wanted to start over. It’s something I’m still getting comfortable using.

Eventually I found this dreamlike middle ground where at first glance you see these two glorious figures seemingly floating in space. It may seem beautiful at first but the longer you look at it, you see the slightly abstract, top-down view of two deceased beings in a ring of mushrooms with grassed danced heavily and matted down upon and legs with multiple broken pieces from overuse. So I enjoy this strange interpretive change from a celestial visual facade to this sad tragedy being immortalized by the dreary realization of the folklore of the fairy rings.2 more Drawtober prompts to go! Hope you are all still having a fun October 🎃

I can’t sleep. What the hell was that...?

Now to start working on the next prompt!

I decided to draw a Banshee, who’s wailing foretold death.

Nowadays, the omen is still believed in. 

Painted with wstercolours and real brush pens by Arteza.