As an art tutor, and an artist, there are two bookcases with broad topics I access for reference. Maps, in a glass fronted cabinet that takes up a wall of my main studio and is neatly arranged in subtopics such as Mappa Mundi, Celestial Mapping, and of course Maps of the Imagination.
The Mythology Bookcase, outside my tiny office studio where I zoom teach for the Royal Drawing School and hold my ‘Blake for Artists’ group is surrounded by seven or nine book stacks of growing themes within Norse, Egyptian and Celtic mythology.
However, Mythology for artists is not contained in these books, it’s a seeking world they join. Myth is new in the retelling. That is something to be careful about, reflective about, playful about and get lost in. It is an adventure in the present moment.
The projects that follow are small and are designed to fit into a morning or a day. They are drawing projects that take the identity of amulets, talismans, maps and globes for your journey as an artist of the imagination. Do add any feedback which is gratefully received as creative communication nourishes our journey as Mythical Artist Cartographers!
