TELL A STORY WITH YOUR ART

This painting’s theme is Alice in Wonderland, which was suggested by a convention I was invited to attend as guest of honour. I wanted to do a storytelling piece rather than a portrait because I was keen to push my skills. I always feel the need to perform well at public events; having to also create the artwork only added to the pressure.

I love doing ethereal compositions with women as the main characters, but at the same time I like to tell stories with them using composition rules to help distribute the elements in the illustration. I recommend studying composition rules and lines of action –