#york family

From the beginning of this project, I had the feeling that as soon as I deepen some things, when I go on several alleys and their perspectives, I will end up having a new obsession every time (as it happened to have with Cecily and Richard, the Duke of York, for example.) But no matter how mentally prepared I felt, I didn’t expect my new obsession (still developing) to be George and Isabel. And when you think that it all started with a trivial character design! 

So, this time I tried to go a little beyond the stage of a character design and I focused on drawing a moment, more precisely, a moment spent at one of their wedding celebrations in Calais in 1469, when the couple shared this small, intimate moment, before a dance. I didn’t find the exact type and color of their outfits (don’t believe me, the truth is that I was too lazy to look for this or try to find out if there is a description), so I made it up completely. Initially, the jewelry in question should have been a brooch, because I know that brooches were offered to brides or future brides by the man, but I ended up drawing a necklace.

“Trouble’s Comin” was the song I was listening to when this drawing idea came to my mind. My interest was aroused even more when the image encompassed none other than Edward IV and his three eldest daughters. The scene, I believe, may have been set around 1472, with six-year-old Elizabeth, five-year-old Mary and three-year-old Cecily, just a year and a half after his return from exile in Burgundy. It is supposed to be time for hard work, but the Princesses of York will definitely make up for lost time in the presence of their father! 

So watch out, Edward! Trouble is coming!