I never know what will happen on a Holiday. Those times when you unmoor your mind from work and your imagination from the usual. I had planned to travel through the darkest Canadian woods reading mysteries stories late into the night and sketching monsters. I did both of these things but I also toyed with new approaches to drawing and rediscovered the joy of the swashbuckling tale. I guess it makes sense, being back on the east coast with all that ocean and those tall ships.....
Some great books I read are:
The Coral Island by R.M. Ballantyne
Treasure Island by R. L. Stevenson
Conan by R.E. Howard
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
and
Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
I think what might have instigated this was discovered my
J.C. Coll art book in my mom's basement. Perhaps my favorite swashbuckling artist...
