A garden sculpture of a Pegasus standing - wings outstretched - among the grasses and various greenery of a mythological garden scape

#GardenSculptures #GardenScapes #Scapes #MythologicalBeasts #Pegasus #GardenPhotography #lensflare #FantasyGardens #ArtChallenge #ColorADay #GreenSat

My favorite fantasy beastie - the Pegasus

A few people asked if I could do prints of this mythological animal picture.
I can do A2 prints at £30 each, + cost of postage. I'm expecting a small print run of about 10.
If you are interested, please message or email imogenspictures@gmail.com
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#animalAlphabets #mythologicalBeasts #kidlit

A picture of a blue letter U on which lies a peaceful unicorn, with a tree behind it and flowers around it

U is for Unicorn

#unicorn #mythologicalBeasts #imaginaryAnimals #kidlit

A drawing of a bronze S on which perches a creature with a lion's body, woman's head (with an elaborate curly hairdo) and blue and bronze bird's wings - her mouth is open and there is a question mark floating above her upturned claw

S is for Sphinx - head of a woman, body of a lion, and wings of a bird, and a tendency to throw people of a cliff when they couldn't guess her riddle. (I still think I should maybe have gone for a Greek question mark shaped like a semicolon)

#sphinx #kidlit #mythologicalBeasts #imaginaryAnimals

A drawing of a dark blue and gold letter Q, in which sits a beast with the tail of a lion, body of a leopard, head of a snake, and feet of a deer - it seems to be in a friednly mood

Q is for Questing Beast - the snake-headed, leopard-bodied, lion-tailed, deer-footed creature, eternally hunted by King Pellinore in Arthurian legends

#questingBeast #beastGlatisant #kidlit #imaginaryAnimals #mythologicalBeasts

A drawing of a large blue P, through which is flying a large brown horse with blue and brown wings

A photo of a section of this animal alphabet artwork (first draft), the inking complete up to R - a large splash of black ink has been spilled over Pegasus!

P is for Pegasus - the winged horse from Greek mythology. This also marks the exciting moment in this project when I spilled a bottle of ink over the first version of this alphabet picture and and had to start all over again!

#pegasus #kidlit #mythologicalBeasts #imaginaryAnimals #inkspill

A drawing of a golden horned serpent biting its own tail encircling a map of the world

O is for Ouroboros - the Egyptian/Greek serpent biting its own tail - and also the Norse world serpent Jörmungandr. Britain and other islands seem to have fallen off the map a bit!

#ouroboros #jormungandr #worldserpent #mythologicalBeasts #imaginaryAnimals #kidlit

A drawing of a large silver N through which swims Nessie (looking a bit like a pale green plesiosaur with a long neck)

N is for Nessie!
#nessie #lochNessMonster #mythologicalBeasts #imaginaryAnimals #kidlit

A drawing of a blue letter M through which swims a merman - he has long flowing blue hair and beard, a blue tail, webbed hands, and a trident

M is for Merman
#merman #mermaid #mythologicalBeasts #imaginaryCreatures #kidlit

A golden L, over which strides a lamssu - a bull's body (with 5 legs), a blue and gold wing, and a (very cheerful) human head with a curly beard and blue and gold hat and earrings

L is for Lamassu - a winged bull with a human head, found guarding the doorways to Assyrian palaces - note that this one has five legs, like many of the statues do!
#lamassu #wingedBull #mythologicalBeasts #imaginaryAnimals #kidlit

A dark blue K embraced by a dark blue kraken (somewhere between an octopus and a squid, crushing two sailing ships in its tentacles)

K is for Kraken

#mythologicalBeasts #imaginaryAnimals #kidlit #kraken

A silver letter G in which sits an orange and blue gryphon (in heraldic mediaeval style)

G is for Gryphon - part eagle, part lion - I was thinking of the one in Alice in Wonderland in particular - hence my choice of spelling

#gryphon #griffin #mythologicalBeasts #imaginaryAnimals

A blue and gold letter F with an orange bird with flame-like wings and tail, and an apple in its mouth

F is for Firebird - as in the one in the Russian fairytale, which steals the king's golden apples. The youngest prince manages to find it, and much more besides, with the help of a friendly grey wolf.
#firebird #mythologicalBeasts #imaginaryAnimals #kidlit