Fore-Edge Painting: Watercolor Lion
- Alice Abyss
- May 20, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: May 22, 2024
The pages of a book tell a story, but can they form a bigger picture? Author Alice Abyss uses a press, watercolors, and ink to create art on fore-edges.
Beloved Readers,
I am happy to announce that I finished my most recent artwork: a watercolor and ink fore-edge painting. This lion represents the ruthlessness of Africa.
The Book: African Myths & Tales: Epic Tales (Gothic Fantasy) (Hardcover)
ISBN: 9781787552883
ISBN-10: 1787552888
Publisher: Flame Tree Collections
Publication Date: June 24th, 2019
Pages: 480
Language: English
Series: Gothic Fantasy
At 480 pages, African Myths & Tales is the widest fore-edge I’ve painted yet. It is a high-quality edition. I bought this copy from one of my favorite independent bookstores: Quail Ridge Books in North Carolina. Their store is quaint and beautiful. From this link, you may order it anywhere in the United States and only pay the cost of media mail shipping. Quail Ridge Books also carry my novel, Pharmakides.
Fore-Edge Painting
I used a fanned method and pressed the pages. The medium is watercolor and ink.
Cool Undertones
We all recognize lions as big golden cats. However, when it came time to paint the cream colored pages, I dappled the background with cool undertones. Teal and purple did the trick. This is noticeable on the nose and in the mane.
Warm Colors
Of course, lions are warm-colored creatures. This amber cat required on yellows and oranges, with a cool purple and teal underneath.
The Process
I started with the darkest part. I had a faint pencil outline and dropped the pupil in bold watercolor to start the painting. The eye is the energetic vortex of the painting.
Watch a video of my painting process here.
‘Pharmakides’ is available wherever you buy books! This is the beginning of my career, so every book counts! Thank you for taking a chance on a new book!
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💕xoxo Alice Abyss, author of 'Pharmakides'
Wishing you magic-filled days ahead,
Alice Abyss
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