CHAPTER II The Pool of Tears / Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

... For the Mouse was swimming away from her as hard as it could go, and making quite a commotion in the pool as it went...

CHAPTER II The Pool of Tears / Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

... Just then her head struck against the roof of the hall: in fact she was
now more than nine feet high...

CHAPTER I Down the Rabbit-Hole / Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

... Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage, not much larger than a rat-hole: she knelt down and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw. How she longed to get out of that dark hall, and wander about among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains, but she could not even get her head through the doorway; 'and even if my head would go through,' thought poor Alice, 'it would be of very little use without my shoulders. Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only know how to begin.' For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible...

CHAPTER I Down the Rabbit-Hole / Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

... suddenly, thump! thump! down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.
Alice was not a bit hurt, and she jumped up on to her feet in a moment:she looked up, but it was all dark overhead; before her was another long passage, and the White Rabbit was still in sight, hurrying down it...

CHAPTER I Down the Rabbit-Hole / Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

 

... There was nothing so VERY remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so VERY much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, 'Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!' (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH OUT OF ITS WAISTCOAT-POCKET, and looked at it, and then hurried on...

My first Alice

I'm going to publish illustrations from my first series (black/white ink drawings) here. Those illustrations were made in 1986, after a while of sketching of characters and scenes related to Alice's Adventures... I hope they (drawings) will fit to the blog format pretty well since blog for me is a kind of a diary, so I can share my my thoughts and doubts here. I also hope it could be entertaining for you, maybe a little. Alice in these illustrations is blond, because of my daughter Olga, who was ten years old at the time and was a source of inspiration for me. She was a lot like Alice then :)

Please share your thoughts - your comments will be appreciated.

And now - about something completely different.

This post is ABOUT SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
Well, why then? Because... Because it is also my production (my hobby). The song "Which Way the Wind Blows" from Anthony Phillips' first post-Genesis solo album "The Geese & the Ghost" 1977. Vocal - Phil Collins who, actually, doesn't need to be introduced. Anthony Phillips is one of the founding members of Genesis... And the footage is captured directly from my balcony.

Back in Blog.

Well, seems like I was too busy and almost forgot of my blog existence. Sorry about that. I was working on a new book Humpty Dumpty and Others. Here you can see the cover (which is still the subject to change). Book is almost ready to be printed. You can see several of the illustrations at Lipchenko.com Actually I'll put some of the pictures on the blog later. The edition is planned to be not as expensive as Alice (because of the digital print vs. offset), but still limited in quantities. Who's willing to be the happy owner of the book - don't hesitate and let me know. I'm going to announce the details of the upcoming edition and to open the subscription soon.

Short film about LCSNA Spring 2008 Meeting

It was a nice and eventful weekend in Washington. The Lewis Carroll Society of North America gathered for several days to attend their Spring meeting...



... the Spring 2008 Meeting of Lewis Carroll Society Of North America fulfilled its program with success and left us all with fond memories.

LCSNA meeting photoalbum

Here are some pictures from the LCSNA meeting:

LCSNA Spring 2008 Meeting

and one more link to the photo montage about the meeting:
http://lewiscarroll.org/meeting/2008spring/montage.html