small framed hermione bookcase photo.jpg — *bookish, brave, & brightest.*

inspired by hermione granger.

"bookish, brave, & brightest."

faerie tale feet piece inspired by the brightest witch of her age.

we love this girl. she’s tough. she’s smart. she’s the brightest witch of her age. she reads. she saves harry and ron more times than they deserve. she’s fierce and loyal, kind and loving. she feels compassion and takes action. she rescues the helpless, she fights for the rights of the house elves because she can’t help but see injustice righted.

have a look at my research & painting process, and then below i tell you all the story icons i hid in the background!

sometimes the best model is you; & sometimes the best model is your husband. great thing one can edit with a pencil & paintbrush! me, seen posing here in different positions for reference of how one would best reach for a magical book on the… — sometimes the best model is you; & sometimes the best model is your husband. great thing one can edit with a pencil & paintbrush! me, seen posing here in different positions for reference of how one would best reach for a magical book on the top shelf!

after getting to read all the books again & take notes about what pertains to our beloved & brave hermione, we start sketching the best shape for the icons relevant to HER story in the books.

here we start making the final background drawing and pattern out of the icons– tracing the final drawn shapes to fill the background.

lots and lots of light layers of paint on both the background and crookshanks, of course. he was obviously thrilled.

as in my harry potter piece, i recycle/repurpose multiple plates of gouache from previous paintings. sometimes i’ll mix a new colour, but because i’m using layers and layers, i can usually make it up with colours i’ve already mixed up for other pain… — as in my harry potter piece, i recycle/repurpose multiple plates of gouache from previous paintings. sometimes i’ll mix a new colour, but because i’m using layers and layers, i can usually make it up with colours i’ve already mixed up for other paintings.

hermione isn’t the only bookworm we know. here’s a peek at the wall of books that watches me when i paint. — hermione isn’t the only bookworm we know. here’s a peek at the wall of books that watched over me while i painted this piece. (i’ve since moved and the wall got bigger and fuller. oops.) ;)

here’s the final hermione piece! available as a signed, limited edition reproduction in my halthegal etsy shoppe! — here’s the final hermione piece as a signed, limited edition reproduction.

included story iconography:

a tooth (she’s got dentists for parents, after all. even if they don’t remember.)
polyjuice potion (with a cat on the bottle, because, well, it kind of backfired once)
the gryffindor shield
the escape dragon from gringott’s
feather quill pen & ink (not just wingardium leviosa, but you know how she loves to fill scrolls for homework)
her otter patronus
her time-turner necklace
her cauldron
the mirror that saved her from the basilisk
the sorting hat (with raven; her almost-sorted-into house)
knitted hats left around the common room
the jar of blue flame to sneak into the library and get in some extra reading

anything else you can find?

(hint: nosy reporter.) ;)

original painting has SOLD, but you can contact me for a list of available faerie tale feet pieces.

be brave! go read books!

be sure to check out the other paintings in the

hogwarts’ friends series:

little wizard boy. (harry potter)

loony. (luna lovegood)

a wizard’s best friend. (ron weasley)

*this is not an officially licensed warner bros. product, merely the artist's brush & imagination at work with imagery and impressions left by pages of story at a certain wizarding school.