Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Illustration Friday - "Flight"


"flight"

The topic for this week's Illustration Friday was flight. I have spent the last two days working on a drawing of crows. But tonight after dinner I was playing "airplane" with the Monkey ("Again, again, again, Mommy! I wanna fly!") and had another idea. I scrapped the birds and went for the Monkey in flight as high as the soles of my feet could take her. Go Monkey, fly high!

Watercolor on Aquarelle Arches Hot Pressed 140 lb. paper.

8 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:52 PM

    how sweet! you've tapped into an experience we can all reminisce about. great !

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  2. So buoyant and free! I love the brightness of the colors!

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  3. I really love this - joyous!

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  4. This is fabulous. Her enjoyment is captured perfectly. I like that she's off center too. Nice composition. I think I'll go get some of those Aquarelles... :)

    Elle
    http://stuckinanutshell.blogspot.com

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  5. Anonymous2:07 PM

    This is beautiful!

    ~Bertha
    http://www.livejournal.com/users/bertha79/

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  6. you've transported me--i can hear giggles, feel a warm summer breeze, wind chimes . . . lovely!

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  7. Thank you everyone! I'm looking at the image and thinking of things I'd like to change with the execution. Maybe I'll have to revisit it. I generally paint in oil, so my water color skills are a little rusty. This is such a fun thing to do!

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  8. Anonymous1:00 PM

    the girl expresses the fun you have perfectly. It's pure joy to watch this picture!

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