The Secret Garden Pt. 1

Here's Miss Mary being quite the contrary little stinker.  I haven't read The Secret Garden since ... I don't know, 1909.  (I'm really funny at 3:30 am.)  I thought I'd go through the chapters and find a few quotes and illustrate with them in mind coupled with what I can remember from the story... It's a sci-fi novel, right?

I keep seeing this strange little pose work it's way into my illustrations.  The guy in my thesis book has almost the same one in one of the images.  I've been told thrice (I love that word) that I stand exactly the same.  Isn't that weird? A weird pose and some weird psychological... something.  I'm not a medical woman.  I'm not sure where I was going with this other than I thought it was a funny thing.  Also embarrassing that I stand like this so often.

I have 2 more of this "series" to scan in and share.  I'd like to grow to not rely so heavily on line.. I guess.  I never know! I wish I could see my work totally objectively.  Wouldn't that be a delightful thing.  DELIGHTFUL.


The black & white version :