Hello friends! 

This week I’ve got a new World Turtle to share with you. (I haven’t posted one of these for years!)

I’m still riding on the highs on visiting the place where magic gets real and have been going through the thousands of photos my brother and I took and thought that since I enjoyed Disneyland so much I’d recreate the castle and add it to my collection of illustrations!

Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant (Sleeping Beauty Castle) at Disneyland Paris is considered to be the prettiest Disney castle due to its unique, fairytale design, walk-through gallery with Sleeping Beauty stained glass windows, and the La Tanière du where the dragon lives in the dungeon beneath the castle. I also love the square trees that surround the disney landmark – it looks so much like the 1959 film.

So, my latest illustration is titled A Disneyland World Turtle and sitting happily atop the turtle floating gently through space is the prettiest fairytale castle ever to exist! I’ve tried to keep the colours inline with the 1959 movie, lots of pink (obviously) with blue turrets, gold details and the iconic square trees. 

The illustrations for Sleeping beauty are amazing and honestly its one of my favourite old school Disney movies. Eyvind Earle (1916-2000) was the colour stylist on the movie, known for his distinctive style in animation and painting, his art was characterised by the uses of bold colours, intricate details and elements of fantasy.

His work is beautiful, I literally think this man inspired so many people into creating art.

As always its sketched lightly with pencil and then ‘properly’ drawn in using a Winsor & Newton Black Indian ink and waterproof fine liner and is then painted with Arteza watercolour brush pens – the only fault I have with my brush pens is that the pinks are all so similar.

I may add more Disney castles from various movies to my illustrations eventually, Rapunzel’s tower or Elsa’s ice palace could look pretty cool.

Well, that pretty much wraps it up for this week…What do you think? I’d love some feedback on my World Turtles should I have a go at other Disney castles?

Ps. If you fancy checking out my other World Turtles follow the menu!

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