Bone

#folktaleweek #folktaleweek2024 #folktaleweekbone #watercolor #mastoart

For #FolktaleWeekBone #FolktaleWeek2024 I illustrated the Slavic #fairytale Vasilisa the Beautiful with the skull lantern. Before her mother’s death, she gave Vasilisa a wooden doll & told her to keep it secret & with her always & whenever she needed help or comfort to offer the doll food & water & seek her help & the doll would provide. The doll helped her with her grief after her mother’s death. 🧵1/n

#folktale #linocut #printmaking #VasilisaTheBeautiful #BabaYaga #illustration #MastoArt

The penultimate prompt for #FolktaleWeek2024 is bone, and I immediately thought of Vasilisa the Beautiful carrying the skull lantern away from Baba Yaga’s hut (famously on chicken legs with a fence made of bone). Here’s the first block as carving begins.

I’m sure this story will be chosen by others for #FolktaleWeekBone too. It’s a popular one every #FolktaleWeek.

I was first introduced to the story by one of my best friends …🧵1/2

#linocut #printmaking #wip