Cover 2 Cover 2017 - sketchbook six - In the forest

Imaginary treescape, acrylic (knife painting)

Lone Hudson's In the forest theme was the last book I worked in. I do like trees, and I had been looking forward to this theme. The book was a smallish hardback guide to trees, with plentiful pages of nice quality paper. The text and line drawings made an interesting counterpoint to work placed directly on the page, and others in the group had made inventive use of the colour illustrations as well as doing some marvellous cut-work and additions, including manipulated leaves from trees.

More from the Greenwood

Friar Tuck: the medieval mild mannered janitor / Hong Kong Phooey.
And Robin is looking ready to tell us a tale... or possibly launch into a proto-metal prog rock number.

Only the foolish rode gaily caprisoned horses through Sherwood Forest unaccompanied.

Much and a party.

From the tales of Robin Hood... and imagination

"I say, fellow, it's dreadfully important that I cross this here stream."
Robin was a bit posh - a disgraced aristocrat - in some of the stories I read.
Little John, on the other hand (who isn't little) was stubborn and very
good with a quarter staff...

I'm East Midlander by birth and childhood; it's only right and proper, then, that I should find the legend of Robin Hood of interest. Here are two drawings made from imagination and memory of the stories. Both are done in Molotow marker on black paper.

Alan-a-dale was a musician and a dreamer.