05.28
art is underway
Right now, I’m about halfway through the art for Doomed Queens — and I’ve just over six weeks to go until my final deadline. As an amuse bouche, here is my drawing of Catherine of Aragon, which was gamely posed for by my friend Diane Saarinen. Yes, I’m designing each drawing as sort of a royal danse macabre through queenly history.
Quick trivia question: Can you name the other wives of Henry VIII surrounding her? To jog your memory, here’s that old rhyme:
Divorced, beheaded, died;
Divorced, beheaded, survived.
photo of Kris Waldherr
by Nina Subin
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Oopsie! That above quote is taken out of context — *I think* I had a great time posing for you, especially watching you construct my headgear
It was fun!
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