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Drawing Cilla Black - A Muse Mantra In Memoriam

23/8/2015

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Liverpool said goodbye to Cilla Black on Thursday.

I loved Cilla when she was singing in the 60s and part of the Merseybeat crowd so I was inspired to draw her from this time period.

As a Liverpool gal, I have grown up watching Blind Date. 

It was my go-to Saturday night pre going out entertainment!

I felt a real pull to draw Cilla and started to scan through images of her over the last 60 years.

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I always love to scan through lots of images to find photos to inspire the initial sketch.

This time I came across some lovely 60s snaps of Cilla and they piqued my interest.


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Photo inspiration #1 Was unable to find the credit for this photo
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Photo #2 Inspired by the dress fabric Unable to find credit for photo
After drawing the illustration, I then begin to fill with colour, using professional markers, pens, wax pencils and I fill the image with Reiki symbols.

When this is finished, I then scan it in and turn to the digital element to create the Muse Mantra.


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The mantra I chose is a song called 'Step inside Love', which was recorded in 1968 and it was written by George Harrison so it seemed the most apt mantra for Cilla's Muse Mantra.

I hope you see the essence and reflection of Cilla.

I recorded a speeded up video of me doing this illustration : )




We all need to Step Inside Love, don't we?

Love
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