The Elderbush

...a fairy tale of Hans Christian Andersen

and a project for a book.

The work is finished!

. . . 

"I ought now to tell you a story; but I don't know any more."

"You can make one in a moment," said the little boy. 

"My mother says that all you look at can be turned into 

a fairy tale: and that you can find a story in everything."

"Yes, but such tales and stories are good for nothing. 

The right sort come of themselves; they tap at my forehead 

and say, 'Here we are.'"

"Won't there be a tap soon?" asked the little boy. 

And his mother laughed, put some Elder-flowers

in the tea-pot, and poured boiling water upon them.

"Do tell me something! Pray do!"

"Yes, if a fairy tale would come of its own accord; 

but they are proud and haughty, and come only

when they choose. Stop!" said he, all on a sudden. 

"I have it! Pay attention! There is one in the tea-pot!

. . . 

You can also take a look at my internet site

(if you are a publisher and if you are interested 
in my project, please contact me by e-mail 
at the address:   info@illusimi.com)

the last artworks

In these days I'm working to the last artworks for "The Elderbush", now I've almost finished. Then I'll put all the drawings one after the other, and I'll do some finishing touches to give the right atmosphere to the whole story, so from the begin to the end it will flow without obstacle.
It's a very strange feeeling, when you come to the end of the drawings for a story, It's like coming to the end of a book that you are reading, the last pages, and if the book likes you a lot, you never want to come to the very end. Sometimes it happens to me that I start to read slowly and slowly, and when the last page inevitably comes, I feel the vacuum... and I would like to read again about that story, and again and again, because maybe the world that it creates in your mind likes you and you don't want coming out.


BUT! I'm at the end.
Tomorrow I'll start the last two illustrations, though the story is already finished in the most poetic scene, with the illustration that I finished yesterday. All things are revealed, and vanish, and you come back to the reality of the room, where the child and the teapot are.

If you don't know this fairy tale, and you want to read it (if you haven't a book with the Andersen fairy tales), there's this web site: www.gutenberg.org or also a lot of other places in which you can find it in the original language, or in the language that you prefer.

Coloured pencils and acrylics colours

today, my drawing...

(coloured pencils and acrylics colours on grey cardboard)

The Elderbush, again...

an artwork

The Elderbush

I'm working again at Elderbush

the last artworks, to complete the story...

(this is the begin of the work of today)