The story is about a little girl who doesn't want to go to bed and continually stalls, much to the frustration of her mum. It has evolved from a bedtime story I made up for my daughter Sarah when she was younger.
I have spent hours designing the furniture for the bedroom in the story. It is Rococo inspired and while reviewing photographs from a long-ago trip to Versailles, I kept getting "lost". The architecture from a small village in Provence still captures my imagination (same trip). Perhaps I'll translate some of these old photographs into paintings . . . (Ah, lost again).
Today's assignment: creating the floor plan for the bedroom. This is essential for keeping the perspective consistent regardless of the point of view. I keep thinking of this as the boudoir- which makes me laugh because boudoir is from another word meaning to pout. Perfect for this little girl in the book!
I'm struggling with her nightdress. What my daughter has envisioned is vastly inaccurate for the period (about 75 years more contemporary). Perhaps a compromise?
I'll try to post a couple of sketches soon.
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