I would like to welcome spring with a couple of paintings dedicated to the season and to Bern and its region: a wonderful city and an infinitely beautiful landscape. A place of my heart, which I miss a lot.
Andrea Modesti Art and Illustration
Historical Artworks, Nature and Landscapes
Welcome spring!
New illustration for the Magazine "Lebenslust Emmental"!
Detail of the illustration |
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New Christmas Illustration for Sonah Publisher: Frau Holle
Among the wonderful things I am grateful for is the new opportunity, which I had again this year, to create the Christmas card for Sonah Publisher.
Many thanks to Mrs. Anika Meyer for her trust. I love the subject :
Frau Holle, seen in the original mythological aspect of an ancient goddess, and I love painting winter landscapes, forests and ancient villages!
New Interviews and Video Presentation for Collector Arthouse and "Sorcery: Contested Realm"!
Among the beautiful, or rather, really WONDERFUL things, which I am infinitely happy about, is being able to be part of the group of Artists and the Sorcery: Contested Realm project.
Working on these illustrations is a privilege for me, and I put all my soul and effort into it.
Speaking of Sorcery, I would like to point out here the beautiful presentation of the Beta Edition, made by Mike Servati.
It's absolutely not to be missed and with very special moments and Artists with their Artworks : as always thanks to Mike!
And I seem to have glimpsed something familiar in the background ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8nm2Hf23wE
New! Floral illustrations for the Publisher Sonah Verlag
"Sorcery: Contested Realm" artist proof cards have arrived!
But fortunately there are wonderful things, like seeing the binder with "Sorcery: Contested Realm" artist proof cards arrive in your hands. Well, this is one of those "Wow, this is a real wonder" day.
And it's really wonderful both to have the physical cards in your hands, the exquisitely crafted binder (what a magnificent cover art!), and to think of being part of this Project, together with all the other Extraordinary Artists. This is a dream. Thank you Erik.
New video from Collector Athouse with the presentation of my "Humble Village" card and the painting!
Here the video on Youtube:
Sorcery TCG - Avatar of Air Alpha Precon Opening!
Many thanks to Mike for doing in his new Collector Arthouse video this beautiful presentation of my "Humble Village" card -for "Sorcery: Contested Realm"- with the original painting it was taken from!
I'm honoured ! Mike is doing a really great and unique job presenting the cards and art!
I would also like to recommend this beautiful presentation video. Unmissable!
Sorcery TCG - Alpha Precon Deck Unboxing!!!
Here the Collector Arthouse page with all the images of the Cards, the illustrations of all the talented Artists who participate, and a lot of interesting information!
New Christmas illustration: the old tradition of the Christmas log (Yule log). For Sonah Verlag
The ancient tradition of the yule log seems to date back as far as the 12th century. Spread from Scandinavia to the Alps, it involved the custom of burning a large log of wood in the fireplace of the house on Christmas Eve. And then to let it burn for the next 12 nights, until Epiphany.
This is the first of two illustrations for Christmas cards published by the publisher Sonah Verlag. Many thanks to Ms. Anika Meyer for entrusting me with these Christmas illustrations and for her precious Art Direction.
Here you can see the Christmas cards (and find the wonderful magazine) Sonah Verlag
The Christmas cards have arrived!
"Sorcery: Contested Realm" new card revealed with my illustration of medieval monks!
Schwäbisch Hall, drawn in ink and graphite
Schwäbisch Hall is a truly wonderful medieval town, located deep in the Baden Wuerttemberg between Stuttgart and Wuerzburg, on the banks of the Kocher River. Marvelous half-timbered houses, towers and covered wooden bridges characterize the entire historic center.
Welcome autumn!
A centenary oak in an autumn forest. The small fauna that lives around the old tree ... For Campus Natur - Landverlag
"Anastasias Geheimnis" (Anastasia's secret), illustrations for the story about Anastasia von Signau (by Verena Zuercher, Landverlag)
In the "variant" cover, or second cover, Anastasia in her castle in Signau (with the books she loved secretly reading) in the company of one of her dogs (obviously I imagined it was a beautiful Bernese shepherd)
One of the line drawings: a medieval gold digger along the river Emme (did you know that already for the Celts and then throughout the Middle Ages the river Emme was very coveted by gold diggers?)
Learn about Anastasia's book here: Landverlag.ch
Wildflowers and semolina pudding illustrations, in the new autumn issue of "Lebenslust Emmental Magazin"
Altensteig, Black Forest, drawn in ink and graphite
I started using it for outdoor drawings, quickly sketching the portrayed landscapes with pencil and brush pens (which are convenient to always carry with you) and then eventually retouching at home with some white gouache highlights, where really needed.
Here I drew the old castle of Altensteig, a town of half-timbered houses in the Black Forest. The castle was one of the residences of the counts of Tübingen, and in 1500 the upper floors were built in half-timbered (still in a clearly late medieval style, or in jargon "Alemannic half-timbered", or "Alemannisches Fachwerk", recognizable by the large spaces between the wooden beams and the absence of decorative elements).
Oh, in the foreground, why not draw a Ring ouzel (a female, lighter), it looked good, among those conifers ...
Thanks to Mike and Collector Arthouse for the wonderful article "Behind the Art" on my "Spear of Destiny" (for Sorcery: Contested Realm)
A sketch and the finished artwork in watercolor and gouache. The processing steps can be seen here on the Collector Arthouse website and ... on YouTube!
Collector Arthouse Behind the Art
The original illustration of the Spear together with the Steppe and (one of my favourite) Foot Soldiers illustrations
An update: a lucky "Sorcery: Contested Realm" fan has auctioned his card with the "Spear of Destiny" illustration on the Collector Arthouse facebook page. The auction was a great success and the lucky owner's card sold for two thousand dollars! Amazing!
The Card "Spear of Destiny" |
It is summer, the moment to escape into space and time, into the historical / mythological fantasy: here is the -republished- Lindwurm!
The Lindwurm, or lindworm, was a serpentine dragon (and man-eater) of Norse and Central European mythology (Fafnir was also a lindworm). It is at the origin of the legendary foundation of the city of Klagenfurt (among others), of which it is the symbol.
New illustration for "Lebenslust Emmental Magazin", issue summer 2022
Interview on Collector Arthouse!
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Mike Servati for Collector Arthouse, Mike did an excellent job: he put together various images, sketches, work in progress! Wondeful!
Sorcery Artist Interview: Andrea Modesti
Here I am working on the details of "Longbowmen", before the final darker chromatic watercolour glaze.