CHAPTER 3. Across the Moor

Chapter 3. 
Across the Moor

Summary: Mary and Mrs. Medlock continue on their journey to Yorkshire to bring Mary to her uncles house. On the way they pick up food and Mary sleeps through most of her journey, she is awoke by the storm outside when they reach just outside of Yorkshire. Mary travels through the moors and stares out at the vast house in the distance in the dead of the night.

Characters: Mary Lennox, Mrs. Medlock.
Setting: England, Yorkshire.

Quote to work from: " 'It's just miles and miles and miles of wild land that nothing grows on but heather and gorse and broom, and nothing lives on but wild ponies and sheep.' 'I feel as if it might be the sea, if there were water on it,' said Mary. 'It sounds like the sea just now.' 'That's the wind blowing through the bushes,' Mrs Medlock said."

Research, references, inspiration:  For the research and references in order to visualize and illustrate this chapter title I looked into the Yorkshire moors more and the things that Mrs. Medlock describes that live and grow there in my guide to wild flowers book and on the internet.

Heather.

Goarse.

A photograph of the Yorkshire moors.

These images have given me an understanding of what a Yorkshire moor looks like and more importantly the colours you see in them. Once approaching the house, Mary can see the house from a far distance, for this and later chapters, I looked into historical buildings and gardens. I took a trip to Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens to get some hands-on visuals and drawings as there is a grand house and gardens there much a like in the story.

The Manor House of Cotswold Wildlife Park.

Visiting the wildlife park and seeing the manor house and it's vast gardens helped me to get a better understanding of where it actually was Mary was being sent to live, the type of house and the ground she would now be living in. Incorporating this with the Yorkshire moors and I have a clear understanding and visual set of references for my chapter title.

Roughs/sketches:

Final artwork: This is the finalized drawing I intended to create a silk screen print from. The details are minimal as they will follow in the colour separation process and I intend to digitally assemble the drawing in Photoshop as a lot of it will be repeat pattern making. However, the screen print was unsuccessful and instead I did a collection of digital collages instead.

Original drawing.

Colour palette.

4 layer silkscreen print.

Final artwork.