The Magic Book
The Magic Book
A child deeply immersed in her imaginary story book world. Children are able to fully immerse themselves in their imaginations in a way that adults are often too occupied to do, their play goes beyond just pretending to fully believing that they are a part of their make believe world.
This piece was inspired by the way my daughter finds magic and enchantment in books, she adores “old fashioned” books and pretends they are some sort of secret magical guide or spell book that transport her to other places in her imagination. This piece allows us to see how that magic might look to a young child absorbed in their make believe story.
This piece was painted in watercolour, I start by taking a reference photo, in this case I just took a picture of my daughter sitting reading, then I roughly create the idea I’d like to paint using photoshop or procreate, then I paint the full piece in watercolour on cotton paper.
Feel free to explore the process of how I go from the reference photo to the final piece on twitter @aimeedelvalle_ or check out my website for more of my work www.aimeedelvalle.com.
