Storyboarding with Rachel Fuller Townshend
Rachel & Karen
Rachel, Karen, & Pete
From August 2020 to January 2022, I created storyboard drawings for British composer, Rachel Fuller Townshend. The project bean with Rachel contacting me about drawing she had seen on my Instagram page.
Storyboards One
Title: On the school playgroundA group of children in a playground. Off to the other side a lone child. Fairies and Nature moving all around with aura. This child is different.Materials: Ink on paperDimensions: 14” x 17”
Title: At HomeFather berating child. Exasperated. Exhausted. Anxious. Why can’t you fit in? Mother defending child.Materials: Ink on paperDimensions: 14” x 17”
Title: I Can FlyThe child can fly when alone. In different dimensions and in the real world. Hearing, feeling, seeing, smelling, touching all of nature.Materials: Ink on paperDimensions: 14” x 17”
Title: The EvaluationSpeaking with the school psychiatrist; thoughts feelings, sensations like tornados.Materials: Ink on paperDimensions: 14” x 17”
Title: Kitchen ShowdownDo you hear us? See us? Where are you? You are going to a special boarding school; we cannot cope.Materials: Ink on paperDimensions: 14” x 17″
Title: In the Great HallApproached by twins in the school auditorium. A boy and girl. They connect with a smile. They, too, can fly.Materials: Ink on paperDimensions: 14” x 17”
Title: The SufiInstruction by a female Sufi master at University. She teaches how time and space can be transcended.Materials: Ink on paperDimensions: 14” x 17”
Title: Under The StarsAn observatory at the University. A backdrop of stars in the sky. A floating embrace – first love.Materials: Ink on paperDimensions: 14” x 17”
Title: A Working ScientistIn the laboratory, creating a fuel that is safe for the world.Materials: Ink on paperDimensions: 14” x 17”
Storyboards Two
Title: March of The SuitsOn stage presenting a new fuel to the unfriendly, corporate suits. Ridiculed.
Disrespected. Thrown out.Dimensions: 14” x 17”
Title: On The Streets
Title: Heaven
Title: The World (in 45 years)
Title: Winning the Nobel Peace Prize
Title: New Scientists Convention
Title: In the Rose Garden
Additional Sketches
Title: Lion in HeavenMaterials: Ink and watercolor
Title: Elephant on a skateboardMaterials: Ink and watercolor
Title: Angel terrier on a bicycleMaterials: Ink and watercolor
Title: Evie in flightMaterials: Watercolor and ink
Title: Bee in Yellow shirt with planetMaterials: Ink and watercolor
Title: Green Fairy with StarMaterials: Ink and watercolor
Title: Pink FairyMaterials: Watercolor and ink
Title: Green Fairy in the windowMaterials: Watercolor and ink
Title: Rose FairyInk and watercolor
Title: The EvaluationMaterials: Watercolor and ink
Title: Bee sitting crossleggedMaterials: Watercolor, ink, pencil
Title: Bee sitting crosslegged, black and whiteMaterials: Ink
Title: Standing BeeMaterials: Ink
Title: Sketching other scene options