Illustrator and Art Educator from the Falkland Islands. Obsessed with knights - pictures of knights, tales of knights, what they get up to on the weekends … all of it!
Day 29: Merlin
It’s the home stretch! Just what I’d call ’the big 3‘ characters remain, and here’s one of them: the legendary Merlin! Somehow my sketch accidently ended up looking just like Gandalf; I didn‘t plan to, and didn’t use a reference, I swear to God! |
Day 29: MerlinMerlin was the spawn of an infernal union; the son of a demon and human woman, immediately baptised at birth and freed from Satan’s clutches and delivered into service of God. He was imbued with great supernatural powers, greatest of which was his ability to know the past and see the future. Merlin used his foresight to guide young Arthur to draw the fabled sword from the stone, to orchestrate the founding of the Knights of the Round Table, and guide Camelot towards it’s glorious zenith. Unfortunately, Merlin was not the only being with foresight, nor with the blood of devils flowing through his veins.
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Christopher Cant, 1 Homefield Avenue, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 9UB |
Christopher Cant
Illustrator and Art Educator from the Falkland Islands. Obsessed with knights - pictures of knights, tales of knights, what they get up to on the weekends … all of it!
1st April 2023 It‘s the final day Reader! So who better to paint than King Arthur himself? Unfortunately I find his portrait a little dull, but I‘m travelling this week so he’s gonna have to do for now! Day 31: King Arthur After King Uther Pendragon’s death, there was no known heir, and no king to rule all of England. Until Merlin engineered the reveal of his bastard son Arthur, through the drawing of the sword in the stone. Arthur’s crowning led to a rebellion by eleven minor kings, which...
31st March 2023 Hello Reader, it’s the second to last portrait! This one of Lancelot started as just me messing about doodling, so that’s why the video starts with some random knight drawing! Day 30: Sir Lancelot Lancelot was an orphan raised by the fae Lady of the Lake, destined to achieve great things. Through unrivalled skill in combat, he became the personal champion of Arthur's wife, Queen Guinevere; and soon after, her secret lover. Once Guinevere’s infidelity was revealed to Arthur he...
29th March 2023 One more portrait down! Only 3 left to go after this guy, and oh are they are a big 3! Tristan is, like Percival and Gawain, another important arthurian character who is a protagonist of his own stories. I decided he should have a slightly cheeky, youthful look to suit his passionate story. Day 28: Sir Tristan of Cornwall Tristan never got to meet his parents: his father was kidnapped by the fae, and his mother died during childbirth. Tristan instead was raised by his uncle,...