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Paul Taggart's Elphen Chronicles. Fairies. Fantasy. Fairy stories. Fairy tales. Fantasy art. Weftwing. Lacewing. Starfire. Webstrand, the Tooth Gatherer. Paintbox Tales.

Illustrated Fantastical Stories for the Child within Everyone

     “Welcome to this gallery featuring the original Storytelling Vignette Paintings created for my illustrated book, Webstrand, the Tooth Gatherer. Each vignette portrays a section of the text in pictures, to bring to life the imaginative narrative of the story. A visual chronicle of the journey that Fizz takes with her Elphen companion, Webstrand, the Tooth Gatherer. 

     The sixty-nine complete pieces of artwork, feature one-hundred and twelve separate illustrations -each capturing a moment in time, or portraying an element; whilst others are part of a sequence of events.

     For these vignettes I needed something special and so it was that I developed my own, unique method of painting, to give them the ‘imaginative’ quality that would evoke the style of my writing.

     Each illustration is worked through five principal layers, although the third, fourth and fifth layer includes more than one work-through to achieve the desired effect for the finished artwork. The first drawing out, is followed by detailed ink-line drawing of the composition, then a third layer of spot-colour washes. A fourth layer, comprising mono-tonal underpainting establishes the crucial light and shade tones in the subject, to give it depth and form. Finally, the fifth layer is applied, comprising a full colour palette of finely wrought glazes in oils.

     Comprehensive films showing these vignettes being created are available to watch as behind-the scenes Bonus Features for everyone who subscribes to the Elphen Treasure Chest on either Patreon or Vimeo.”

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Paul Taggart

Click on the image to take a magnified walk around the painting.

 

Click on the book-spreads icon beneath to discover more about any painting.

 

Click on the Discover the Video-StoryBook scroll to find out more about Webstrand, the Tooth Gatherer.

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Elphen Treasure Chest from Paul Taggart's Elphen Chronicles. Fairies. Fantasy. Fairy stories. Fairy tales. Fantasy art. Weftwing. Lacewing. Starfire. Webstrand, the Tooth Gatherer. Paintbox Tales.
Elphen Treasure Chest from Paul Taggart's Elphen Chronicles. Fairies. Fantasy. Fairy stories. Fairy tales. Fantasy art. Weftwing. Lacewing. Starfire. Webstrand, the Tooth Gatherer. Paintbox Tales.
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Join the Elphen Treasure Chest to lift the lid on a magical trove filling with myriad gems of all things Elphen.

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  • Delve in to discover the Video-StoryBooks - ‘Webstrand, the Tooth Gatherer’ and ‘Starway Sapphires’, the first of the Paintbox Tales.

  • Rummage through the hoard to reveal a cache of Behind-The-Scenes Videos.

  • Search out Bonus Features and Painting Reveals.

  • Root out a wealth of How-to Tutorial Videos and Craft-it-Yourself to release your inner creativity.

  • Join the Elphen Treasure Chest on Patreon for access to digital online content released from Paul Taggart’s Elphen Chronicles, plus offers and exclusives.

The Three Quills studio - publishers of Paul Taggart's Elphen Chronicles

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2026 – Paul Taggart has asserted his Rights as the Sole Artist & Author of Paul Taggart’s Elphen Chronicles. ALL RIGHTS (including Music) owned by Paul W. Taggart, Eileen M. Tunnell, Sunita J. Gahir [The Three Quills]

The Three Quills studio, symbolising the trio of creative strands that are art & design, writings and music.

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  • Paul Taggart – Artist : Author : Presenter : Producer  [Sole Author & Illustrator of ‘Paul Taggart’s Elphen Chronicles©’]

  • Eileen Tunnell – Project Director, Producer, Video Auteur  ‘Paul Taggart’s Elphen Chronicles’

  • Sunita Gahir – Design Director/Producer  ‘Paul Taggart’s Elphen Chronicles’

  • Liza Mulholland – Music Director/Producer ‘Paul Taggart’s Elphen Chronicles’

COPYRIGHT NOTICE : ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - the right of Paul W. Taggart to be identified as the author and illustrator of all elements featured within this site; including Paul Taggart's Elphen Chronicles, all original paintings, limited edition prints, films, books, merchandise has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of the work may be reproduced, reverse-engineered, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the joint copyright owners (Paul W. Taggart & Eileen M. Tunnell). ALL RIGHTS RESERVED by Sunita Gahir, Design Director : Producer for Paul Taggart's Elphen Chronicles and artworkshopwithpaul corporate imagery plus creative design of Paul Taggart’s official website.

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