Like elves and fairies in a ring,
Enchanting all that you put in.
― William Shakespeare
I'm sharing this late (in terms of the holiday), but I'm making this post before Halloween. How DO people manage to get things posted in a timely fashion? Beats me. Doesn't the post title sound like a 1960s band? Witches for Art Thursday:
Illustration from The Enchanted Forest by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite and Grenby Outhwaite
by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
The Sorceress
by Bartolomeo Guidobono
The Lady of the Lake illustration from the 1903 edition of The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
by Howard Pyle
Der Hexenmeister (I'm not gonna lie, I decided to share this one because I like "hexenmeister" so much)
by Carl Spitzweg
Sharing a second version because it is so different (in terms of the colors):
L'Envoûteuse (The Sorceress) (She means business, doesn't she?)
by Georges Merle
Jason and Medea
by John William Waterhouse
Vivien bewitches Merlin illustration from the 1903 edition of The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
by Howard Pyle
"Der Hexenmeister" is a really cool designation...I agree! Very interesting how the color changes the tone of those two paintings; one looks sinister and the other almost hopeful. Great example of how color affects perception.
ReplyDeleteAnd I also agree that I wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of L'Envoûteuse!