off to neverland!
inspired by peter pan.
“off to neverland!”
faerie tale feet painting inspired by j.m. barrie's peter pan.
join peter, the lost boys, michael, john, and of course wendy as they adventure through j.m.barrie’s most fantastic, and my favourite, work & faerie tale.
have a look at the process and then scroll down for included story iconography.
i collect a fair bit {too much? nah.} of peter pan media. books. illustrated editions. movies. musicals. soundtracks. and more books. here’s some of the collection. i also wanted to do a companion piece to my “wendy loves peter pan.” so i painted peter.
nearly done filling in the background drawing with icons from the tale. bottom features the neverland skyline and the lagoon with the jolly roger.
you gotta start somewhere… so we fill in the background with green gouache around all the icons and peter’s feet first…
one at a time, filling in each icon with its own shade of green.
nearly done?! background and icons painted. working on lagoon, ship, and of course saving peter’s feet for last.
detail of the lagoon & jolly roger. love a happy ending, so of course highlighted it with pixie dust.
final “off to neverland!” painting with tape removed from the edges! painted in gouache, with a bit of ink and colored pencil on peter's shoes and legs.
included story iconography:
tiger lily
the hungry crocodile anxious for more of capt. jas. hook
the redskins’ hatchets
hook’s poison
tinker bell
the acorn the saved wendy’s life
the arrow that would have shot into her heart
the pram that the lost boys must have fallen out of in kensington gardens or the fairies wouldn’t have carried them off to neverland
the kite that carried peter to shore when they were marooned on a rock,
the mermaids
cinderella’s slipper (the faerie tale peter had come back to the nursery window to hear the end of)
and a white bird– the first work of barrie’s to ever mention this remarkable boy who would never grow up.
the bottom of the piece shows the skyline of neverland and the pirate’s lagoon, complete with the jolly roger perhaps ready for sailing back to london with just a pinch more of pixie dust. :)
original painting has SOLD, but you can contact me for a list of available faerie tale feet pieces.
be sure to complete your neverland collection with wendy, tinker bell, & captain hook, too!! :D