Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Fairies, skip hence: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Costume Designs

Yesterday’s solar eclipse is now long completed, and yet an eeriness lingers.  In acknowledgment of the mystical elements summoned forth (and any sprites or goblins released) I thought to share four of my six “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” conceptual character sketches unearthed from sophomore year of college at New York University's Gallatin School, spring semester 2002.  Submitted here from Act III, Scene 2 on 15 in. x 18 in. watercolor paper + material swatch samples— in descending order is fairy queen Titania, trailed by her attendants Peasblossom, Mustardseed, and Cobweb (with some discoloration on the latter’s arm & cheek due to aged rubber cement as my then go-to glue before learning that it yellows over time, sadly):


✍️🎭😴✨πŸ§šπŸ‘‘πŸ«›πŸŒΈπŸŒΌπŸŒΏπŸ•Έ️πŸ«πŸ’—

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