Fic: "Fra Pandolf's Hands" for waterbird

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AAANNDDD WE'RE OFF!!!!! What? It's 1st April here!

Title: Fra Pandolf’s Hands
Author: a_t_rain
Recipient waterbird
Rating: PG
Characters: Dean, OC, cameos from Draco, Scrimgeour, and Bagman
Summary: Dean thinks his dreams have come true when the most famous painter in the wizarding world takes him on as an apprentice. But magical portraiture is a dangerous

Comments

Fra Pandolf’s Hands

[catsintheattic]

That was absolutely lovely! I really liked how the magical portraits worked, and you showed Dean's growing up as an artist and a human in such a wonderful way. And that he, being a master, is able to appreciate his old teacher and find his own way to teach, this was truly wonderful.

Thank you for sharing!

Re: Fra Pandolf’s Hands

[a_t_rain]

Yes, I think in a lot of ways, this is really a story about teaching. Glad you enjoyed it.

[hlclark]

Yay, Springtime_Gen!
I always forget Dean is an artist- you've created this side of his character really well. :) And I love McGonagall in this: spot on with the characterisation.

[a_t_rain]

Thanks!

[such_heights]

Absolutely fabulous! I love the explanation of that poem very much. And yay for Dean, and Julio was a lovely, lovely OC. And oooh, Ludo being a Death Eater after all, gosh!

A fantastic way to start the exchange! Bravo, bravo.

[a_t_rain]

It is one of my pet theories that Bagman will turn out to be a very bad guy indeed.

And thanks!

[twisting_path]

I think everyone is going to say it, because I am too--I love the explanation of the portraits, and how it takes a truly masterful artist to capture the life essence of the portraitee. I've always wondered how those work, and this definitely is an imaginative and well executed way of answering that mystery.

[a_t_rain]

Thanks!

[a_t_rain]

Thanks for your comments!