I went off prompt for my Inktober drawing today. I just felt in the mood to draw the Bride of Frankenstein and so I did. My drawing may not be an accurate portrait of Elsa Lanchester but hers was the portrayal I was aiming to capture in my drawing. I drew this while having my morning cup of tea before the sun was even up so I kept it pretty simple. The fountain pen mark-making in the hair is very scratchy and rough but that’s OK because she’s a monster resurrected from body parts and I am pretty sure mouldering corpses don’t have the smoothest, best conditioned hair.
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Ah – Elsa Lanchester and Charles Laughton – two greats from the old black and white movies days that thrilled me when I was a child! I think I see a resemblance……
I am so heartened that you see a resemblance. I remember seeing the Bride of Frankenstein when I was a very wee girl and finding Elsa Lanchester to be completely captivating and compelling.
I think you did everything right here, I knew who it was, right away. I love the neat line of stitching along her neck. I think you sew better than you think you do (could a Bride of Frankenstein doll be in your sewing son’s future? Fabric paints and sewing combined…hmmm)
Oh my goodness! Now there is an idea I could plant in his head.
Look up Dharma Trading if you are thinking about fabric paints. Once you get into that catalog, you’ll never emerge…
Oh man. Another creative rabbit hole looms!
I suspect it is hard to visit a salon or go shopping for hair care products when you’re a monster and people scream when you approach. Good Job Laura!
You make a very good point, Sue. Thanks.
She may be assembled from random body parts, but she’s looking much more glamorous than me this morning! Your comment on her hairdo really made me chuckle, too! 😀
It doesn’t take much to look more glamorous than me. 😀
Bah, real-life glamour is over-rated. Teeter around in sky-high heels with my face slathered in expensive gunk and my hair rock-hard with styling products? Ehhhh… No thanks😆
Aww how could a monster be so pretty mad up?! She does not even have a stray strand of hair! Everything in their places, thanks to maybe hair gel or slime…yep I think that’s slime work. And those luscious eyebrow, where is she going to have brows like that? And yeah, the cleft chin….was that surgically made? Oh Laura, I ‘m having a great time inventing stories from your bride!
Thanks, Carrie. I’m glad she sparked your imagination.
You must be mistaken, her hair is just neat. I think she has a secret monster-hairdresser friend 🙂
Ha ha! Her monster hair is still much less scruffy than mine, it’s true.
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