[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-creating-mithila-art":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I first encountered Mithila Art when I was researching a book I illustrated about the Terai region of Nepal, and came across artwork by women from the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/JWDC-Janakpur-351532978346843/\">Janakpur Women's Development Centre\u003C/a>. I later saw a lot more of it on Instagram, based in Bihar, particularly around the town of Madhubani (it's often called Madhubani Painting). Its emphasis on shape and pattern over perspective has always fascinated me; it's a very different way of thinking about making pictures and I love it. \\r\n\\r\nInspired by Treebeard the Ent, from Lord of the Rings: \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/619513_original-00f1770df4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nInspired by a scene in the television series The Marvelous Mrs Maisel: \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/619729_original-e703841ad2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more under the cut!-->\\r\nMore Marvelous Mrs Maisel:\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/621971_original-d078c05d2d.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nInspired by Railhead book trilogy, by Philip Reeve:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/619859_original-6be02039f6.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nA holiday doodle: \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/620075_original-70ed4d0e96.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nA traction city from Mortal Engines, by Philip Reeve:\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/620511_original-1bff59fd23.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAirhaven, from Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve: \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/620572_original-61c4e325ac.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nHoliday doodle: \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/620820_original-6012305735.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nInspired by the Wallace Collection's Dish with bust of a woman, artist unknown, Deruta, Italy, some time between 1515-1540: \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/622219_original-a211eddbc1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nSelf portrait in my studio: \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/628723_original-da0b626824.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nPortrait doodle:\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/628920_original-87c0e48812.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nCharacters from my picture book Grumpycorn: \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/629693_original-2799cfeaf0.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nMermaid and Colin the Crab:\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/630028_original-ffc5eb80ae.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nTree full of raccoons:\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/630427_original-588f3a8552.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nSquiggles (inspired by Jon Burgerman):\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/630747_original-d9627fa046.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nStuart loves trams: \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/642139_original-9143be4385.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">","2019-01-04T21:33:00.000Z","creating-mithila-art",[],"creating mithila art",1776628730101]