"Wormwood" Progress

It has been a horrendously hot nine days here and I've been trying desperately (with the aid of a summer, or more accurately, autumnal cold) to finish a scene piece in time for the Red Hill Art Show.

Here it is thus far:

Sorry about the poor picture quality, I'll take some proper pictures once it's done, with a proper camera and a proper photographer.

The piece is called "Wormwood" and is a reference to The Absinthe Drinker by Viktor Oliva (not to be confused by Manet painting of the same name). There will be two characters present in the piece; Wormwood the Green Fairy and The Barfly. Below are some quick sketches of them:

It's coming along nicely, but I'm fast running out of time, especially since I've started my honours degree and I have yet to make the two characters that will be populating it. I'm not sure how I'm going to be able to make two characters in two weeks, but I'm sure I can manage it.

On the bright side however; one of the event organizers paid a quick visit to my website and has now asked me to run a two day workshop of the children of the local school. Which I'm thrilled at, but also fills me with dread when I think that I may not finish this piece in time for the show.

There are some in progress shots and documentation on my Facebook page which can be found here.