Andra Hancock Illustration

2011-03-01T15:43:00.000-08:00

This was a commission I did for my aunt. She wanted a painting of her children as the characters from Peter Pan; a movie they all love!

First Encounter

2009-11-01T21:46:00.000-08:00

Andra's Senior Project: "The Girl Without Hands"

2009-07-02T21:11:00.000-07:00

There once was a poor man and woman who had a beautiful and pious daughter. The Devil came along one day and promised them riches if they would give him what stood behind the mill. The Father assumed it was their apple tree and quickly agreed. When the Father told the Mother, she was heart-broken for she knew he meant their daughter.

When the Devil comes to claim the girl, she is too clean and pure to be touched. The Devil tells the Father to keep her from water so that she may not clean herself, but she cries so much on her hands that they are clean and the Devil still cannot have her. The Devil tells the Father to cut her hands off, and being scared for his life, the Father does so. The girl cries so much onto her stubs, however, that she is still clean and the Devil cannot take her. She, being traumatized by the event, leaves her parents and wanders through the forest alone.

The girl travelled far and became very hungry. She came to a mote which surrouned a royal garden, but she could not cross it. She prayed for help and an angel came and blocked the mote so that she could cross over. The King saw the girl in his garden and had compassion on her.

The King had pitty on the girl, and he loved her dearly. He married her and had silver hands made for her and they were happy.

The King went off to war, and during his absence, the queen had their baby. When the King's mother wrote him of this news, the Devil intersepted the letter and wrote that the Queen had had a monster. The King was worried, and wrote back that his mother was to take care of the child until his return. The letter was intersepted again by the Devil, and he wrote that the King's mother should kill the Queen and the child. The Queen couldn't shed innocent blood, so she banished the Queen from the castle. The Queen and her child found refuge in a cabin in the woods.

After searching for many years, the King finally comes across the same cabin in which his wife and child reside. Because of the queen's purity, her hands grow back, and after seeing the silver hands still in her posession, the King knows that it is his wife and child, and they live happily ever after.

Rapunzel

2009-06-14T15:43:00.000-07:00

A project I did in my BFA class with Greg Newbold.

The Devil

2009-06-14T15:38:00.000-07:00

Character inspired by the Brothers Grimm fairytale, "The Girl Without Hands."

Hiding in the trees

2009-04-01T15:32:00.000-07:00

Girl in Yellow Dress

2009-03-23T21:31:00.000-07:00

This was an in-class study. Oil on board.

The Girl with no Hands

2009-01-21T10:02:00.000-08:00

This is an illustration of a Brothers Grimm fairytale called, "The Girl with no Hands." She has her arms tied behind her back and is left in the wilderness. She comes across a royal garden that is surrounded by a moat. She prays, and an angel comes and blocks off the moat so she can cross over to the garden and eat. This is showing the angel helping her reach the fruit on the trees.

Girl in Red Vest

2008-12-07T19:09:00.000-08:00

This is another headpainting I did in oil. (2.5 hrs)

Girl in Green

2008-12-03T09:16:00.000-08:00

This is my latest head-painting from Don Seegmiller's class. I love how her eyes turned out!

Rapunzel's Sorceress

2008-12-03T09:11:00.000-08:00

This is a painting I did of the Sorceress in the story of Rapunzel. After discovering that Rapunzel had frequent visits from a prince, she cut off her hair, cast her into the wilderness and then tricked the prince into climbing the tower one last time. She told him that Rapunzel was dead, and he was so distraught, that he threw himself from the tower and landed in bushes of thorns. This gouged his eyes so that he was blind, and he wondered aimlessly through the wilderness until he finally found Rapunzel again.

5-6 Hour Headpainting

2008-11-23T21:52:00.000-08:00

This is one of the longer studies that we did in my Headpainting class. It's fun to be able to spend more time on detail and development!

Some of my influences...

2008-11-23T21:45:00.000-08:00

WATERHOUSE DE GAS CHRISTIANSEN

These are a few pieces from some of my favorite artists. They are the inspiration for me as I do my own work. I absolutely love the sense of shape, motion, line, light and contrast that each artist has developed within their work

Light and Truth

2008-11-23T21:39:00.000-08:00

This was a piece I did for class interpretting "light" and "truth" and how it can lead us out of the darkness and take away our fears. I love how the drapery worked, especially since I did it completely from my head! (a risky move)

2008-11-23T21:36:00.000-08:00

2-3 hour head-painting. Limited Pallet

Lunch Break

2008-10-15T22:30:00.000-07:00

This was an assignment to illustrate the theme of "work." What better way to show this than a hard working waitress finally taking her lunch break, obviously tired from her shift.

Outside of Old Smith Brothers Market, PG

2008-10-15T22:24:00.000-07:00

This was an assignment to paint a cityscape with a figure in it. I took my little sister to Main Street in Pleasant Grove where its charming old-fashioned feel was exactly what I was looking for.

Profile Head Painting

2008-10-15T19:14:00.000-07:00

My latest head-painting for Seegmiller's class! I love profiles!

2008-10-01T19:03:00.000-07:00

One of my latest head paintings from Don Seegmiller's head painting class. (approx. 2 hrs)

2008-08-26T15:26:00.000-07:00

This is one of the head paintings I did in class last fall. My teacher, Don Seegmiller, said it was one of my best ones so far. I will be taking another class from him this fall, so hopefully I can improve even more!

2008-08-17T16:20:00.000-07:00

For all you Twilight, Eclipse, New Moon and Breaking Dawn fanatics, this is a painting I did for my Special Problems: Illustration class. It is a narrative of a scene in Eclipse when the vampires and werewolves are at war! I was going for a 'Howard Pyle' look with a limited color pallet and select locations of brighter color to create a stronger mood.

Extended/Exact Drawing

2008-08-10T00:20:00.000-07:00

This is an attempt to duplicate a training method by William Whitaker, where one has a picture of a drawing, and you have to carefully copy it to its exactness! Depending on your patience it can take months! I'm obviously still working on it.. posting my progress as I go.

My Nightmare

2008-08-04T23:59:00.000-07:00

This was a painting we had to do of a dream/nightmare we had for my Special Problems: Illustration class with Greg Newbold. I painted a nightmare I had that the mountain near my home turned into a volcano! (Acrylic on Illustration board)

Girls on a Ball

2008-08-04T10:54:00.000-07:00

This is a painting I did in my Illustration 1 class. I had my sisters model for me as I took several pictures to find the best composition. (Gauche on Illustration board)

Summer Still-Life

2008-08-04T10:38:00.000-07:00

This is one of the first paintings I did in my Illustration 1 class. We were to paint a still life depicting an article given. I chose to illustrate an article on Summer! (Gauche on Illustration board)

The Door to the Sheepfold

2008-07-31T20:16:00.000-07:00

This project was brought about by the Dean of the Art Department just before Christmas 2007. We were to illustrate one of the 9 characteristics of Christ. I chose to illustrate Christ as the 'Door to the Sheepfold.' A sheepfold is a safe enclosed area for sheep to stay, and this painting represents Christ as the door or entrance to that safe haven. Only by and through Him can we be saved. (Oil on Canvas)

Edward and Bella in the Meadow

2008-07-31T19:58:00.000-07:00

This was a narrative painting I did to illustrate the part in the book, Twilight, where Bella first sees Edward's skin in the sun. It was done in gauche on illustration board. I actually had my sister and her boyfriend pose for this painting. I had them come to my Dad's photography studio and took several pictures of them for reference. I then placed them in an outdoor scene (meadow) in order to complete the painting. I also repainted the way Edward's skin reacted to the sun several times and this subtle glow seemed to work the best.

Will Smith Caricature

2008-07-31T18:57:00.000-07:00

Will Smith is one of my favorite male actors. We had an assignment to do a caricature of a celebrity including at least three "symbols" of their career. I focused most of my time working on likeness. But I also took the liberty of exaggerating some of Will Smith's famous physical characteristics!

Little Miss Muffet

2008-07-31T17:57:00.000-07:00

This is one of the first paintings I did in gauche (a more opaque watercolor). It was for my Illustration 1 class at BYU with Richurd Hull. I used my little sister and some of her dress-ups for reference, took numerous shots, and then pieced them together for the perfect composition in order to tell the story of Little Miss Muffet.