Odin, Hugin and Mugin
© Sue Wookey
This finally led me to the basis for a new painting I've just started. Here a raven has the sun in his beak (as in the Native American myths where Raven gave light to the world), but the light is at the heart of a maze - in other words in the heart of us, at the centre of our journey. The feathers are souls that the raven is guiding inwards. Mucho deep stuff there to explore.
© Sue Wookey
On another tack, all the Odin related sketching led me to thinking about Sleipnir, his eight legged horse. I mean, how does an 8 legged horse work? After looking at some stuff and scribbling a bit, I came to the conclusion that the old Norse peoples had it right with their carvings. The only way to draw Sleipnir is from the side so you can fudge the massive space where all those legs are supposed to fit. That way he still looks horsey (i.e. elegant and streamlined) as opposed to looking like an oncoming tank that wouldn't fit though a barn door. So I finally managed to produce a Sleipnir I'm (fairly) happy with and had quite a bit of fun doing it.
Odin's 8 legged super horse, Sleipnir
© Sue Wookey
I'd put Odin up on top of him but there is only so much fun one can cope with in one day.
4 comments:
Raven with sun is fab, my comment yesterday didn't "stick" so I'll ask again is it for sale?
s
Great drawings, my favourite is Hugin (or is it Mugin?). The one on the branch, anyway . . .
TK
Glad you like them :- ). I've yet to paint up the Raven with the Sun - I've had one stab at it and it went horribly wrong. I'll be working on it again this week and let you know, Sarah. There'll be the drawing (for sale), the painting (possibly for sale) and probably prints too (obviously for sale), depending on how pleased I am with the final version and if I ever get my printer up and running! (Which is turning into a longer saga than Beowulf).
TK - the Raven on the branch tells me he's Hugin...
Hi Sue
I'd be more than happy with the drawing if you were prepared to let it go. Let me know how the paint version works out.
Keep up the good work
s
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