Ashleigh Lauren.

26 Gemini She dreamt it, so she did.

[catherinesboleyn]

Maria Doyle Kennedy as Catherine of Aragon in The Tudors (2007-2008)

[florealegiardini]

Paxton’s Flower Garden, (detail) Biodiversity Heritage Library, By London, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.,1882-1884

[soft-lovely]

painting murals in an abandoned villa in tuscany, italy

[vida-imensa]

Simon & Jen

[glorianas]

Jane Asher as Lady Jane Grey in The Prince and the Pauper (1962)

[talesfromthecrypts]

The vampire is an outsider. He’s the perfect metaphor for those things. He’s someone who looks human and sounds human, but is not human, so he’s always on the margins. -Anne Rice

The Lost Boys (1987)

The Vampire Lovers (1970)

Interview with the Vampire (1994)

The Hunger (1983)

Fright Night (2011)

Bit (2019)

The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)

Dracula’s Daughter (1936)

[ana-rosa]

[thevisualvamp]

Have a seat

[wingsviewathome]

[anneboleynqueen]

“Anne Boleyn getting up after kneeling”, as requested by anonymous 

[anneboleynqueen]

“The colour palette was inspired by two tapestries – one at Hampton Court Palace, and another at the V&A – that production designer Lucy [Spink] had found. Some parts of them have aged terribly, so the colours are very faded – beautiful but washed out – and then some bits are still quite acidic and bright. And then you’ve got all the dark shadow tones, so together they formed the basis of my colour palette.

The focus in this production is that for once, it’s not about Henry VIII, it’s not about the men: it’s about the women. So, the men are on the outside of our focus as an audience, almost. They are the black tones, the dark shadows, and their costumes are not really to be noticed at all. Anne has her in a circle of the women around her – her ladies in waiting – and they’re in these kind of faded, beautiful washed-out tones.

Then you’ve got these acidic bright jewel tones that capture the eye in Anne’s wardrobe: she needs to be the centre of focus. The idea is that the audience’s eye is always drawn to exactly where it needs to be.”

“The Unlikely Inspiration Behind Anne Boleyn’s Commanding Costumes”, Lynsey Moore interview with Bustle 

[youcannottakeitwithyou]

Bastien Millan 

[antoniosbanderas]

Catherine Zeta-Jones as Elena de La Vega in The Mask of Zorro (1998), dir. Martin Campbell

[period-drama-blog]

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY AS GEORGIANA THE DUCHESS (2008) dir.: Saul Dibb

[jaeausten]

All I ask is to walk through life at your side.

[dim-draws]

“Famed is thy beauty, Majesty. But hold, a lovely maid I see. Alas, she is more fair than thee. Lips red as the rose. Hair black as ebony. Skin white as snow. Snow White!” Hey everyone, I’ve been working on some new digital paintings of the Disney Princesses, I decided to start doing these by chronological order of their films’ release… here’s the first ever Disney Princess, Snow White from the 1937 classic film “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. I worked hard on her to make her as beautiful as possible since she is indeed the “Fairest of them all” in her story!

[dim-draws]

“One gift, beauty rare, Gold of sunshine in her hair, Lips that shame the red, red rose, She’ll walk with springtime wherever she goes” My take on Princess Aurora from the 1959 movie “Sleeping Beauty”. In general I am more of a fan of her pink dress but in this one I wanted to paint her in blue! I know most people prefer her in the blue version anyway. I had a lot of fun with this one!