Featured Artist Lux Wood

Artist Lux Wood draws strong, enigmatic characters set in magical fantasy scenes. Visit the artist’s website to learn more about her work.

 

 

I was born and grew up in the south of Paris, France. I’ve always been passionate about movies, television series, and plays, and I’ve spent a lot of time drawing characters from them. My first obsession was the movie Labyrinth. I spent hours drawing David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly. At school, my notebooks began to fill with characters and various drawings instead of class notes.

 

 

I was awestruck when the movie The Lord of the Rings came out. I saw and read everything there was on the subject, and I went to see the exhibition of the drawings of Alan Lee and John Howe at the National Library.

 

 

I felt like l was in a trance when I looked at their drawings. I could not take my eyes off the perfect lines and their beautiful and original creations. It seemed almost magical, as if the artists had no difficulty but only perfect fluidity when they drew their images. Since then, my goal has been to reach such a level of precision in my own work.

 

 

Today, I continue to use characters from movies, television series, and plays that I love as models. My goal is to bring out their essence—what makes them who they are.

 

 

When I accomplish bringing their inner being to the outside, I feel as though I am making their soul visible in my composition.

 

 

I then place my characters in fantastic scenes—fairy, steampunk and post-apocalyptic—creating a vibrating and energetic world around them.

 

 

I do most of my drawings on paper, especially on the beautifully tinted Canson paper that enhances all the colors I use on it. I like to mix drawing techniques and mediums. Some of my favorites are alcohol markers, micron pens, Polychromos colored pencils and the white Posca pens that I use to make everything pop and come together. I also use touches of paint and acrylic ink, most often in bronze or gold.

 

 

I like to challenge myself and regularly draw new elements like crystals, feathers, pearls, flowers and animals. I enjoy making my illustrations sparkle, drawing shiny, shimmering textures and playing with shadows and light. This allows me to expand the possibilities of my compositions so that I may convey my visions as faithfully as possible.

 

 

It’s important that my characters project a feeling of inner strength and confidence. To achieve this, I always spend a lot of time giving their eyes great intensity. I want people to come away with a sense of wonder and energy when they see my drawings, and to feel the strength and power that I breathe into them.

 

 

I want to transmit through my illustrations those powerful emotions that I have when I see these characters on stage or on the screen.

 

Artist Lux Wood invites you to follow her on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest.

 

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