July 8th, 2011 § § permalink
Dear All, This blog is used by me to detail the finer points behind how and why I create work. It is for those of you who want to dive deeper. I hope you enjoy the swim.
![1950s-Nice Diver](http://blog.liliasbuchanan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1950s-Nice-Diver-300x191.jpg)
I’ve just finished Edmund de Waal’s “Hare with the Amber Eyes’. His sensitivity makes me want to extend my drawings of Russian interiors to Japanese interiors. Japonismes, Bagatelles, trinkets, victrines…
![Netsuke](http://blog.liliasbuchanan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hareambereyes-netsuke08_lg-300x178.jpg)
This netsuke was made in the 18th Century by a man called Soko. For me netsuke can look slightly ugly, but De Wall’s show such craftsmanship and delicacy. This skull looks extremely lifelike.
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Tolstoy’s Youth - aristocratic privilege but emotional deprivation. A N Wilson’s biography must be read.
Below are extracts from my illustrated series of Tolstoy’s short story.
Gerasim holds Ivan Ilyich’s legs willingly…
![Gerasim](http://blog.liliasbuchanan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/gerasim-1024x707.jpg)
The son kisses Ivan Ilyich’s flailing hand before he dies.
![Last scene](http://blog.liliasbuchanan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Last-scene-1024x666.jpg)
July 8th, 2011 § § permalink
![Glypt](http://blog.liliasbuchanan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Glypt-734x1024.jpg)
I have used gold and blue pigments and pencil to create this 1.8 m high depiction of the dominant sculpture in the last room of the Glyptotek, Munich. The museum was built by Ludwig I to house his collection of Greek and Roman sculpture , (hence γλυπτο- glypto- “sculpture”, from the Greek verb γλύφειν glyphein “to carve”). Designed by Leo von Klenze in the Neo – Classical style, built between 1816 to 1830. Its a must if you’re in the city.![Untitled-1](http://blog.liliasbuchanan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Untitled-1-300x165.jpg)