Illustration Friday – Brave
It’s been a while since I’ve participated in Illustration Friday – I tend to wait until a topic really grabs me.
Last September I spent a lot of my holiday sitting outside in our patio, reading and drinking cups of tea. It was so lovely and peaceful, that I often stopped reading and just sat and took in the scenery of my little garden. In one of our trees, a baby bird was learning to fly. It was amazing to just quietly sit and watch as he (or she?) spread his wings for the first time.
When I saw this week’s topic from Illustration Friday was “brave”, that little baby bird was the first thing I thought of, and was the inspiration for this painting:
I’ve posted a step-by-step about how I created this painting – check it out here.
Tags: baby bird, bird, brave, illustration friday, silhouette, tree
March 7th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Gorgeous! Love the background colours
March 7th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Beautiful in its subtlety.
March 7th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
Oh .. I just love little bumbly baby birds trying to fly! I love your background color washes on this! Ooh and I really love your Queen Annes lace painting.. gorgeous!!
March 7th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
What a lovely sequence..and I like the story behind it!
March 7th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
what a lovely story and a great panel of paintings! You tell your tale beautifully — I especially love the sense of a whole day passing, with the warmer day tones in the middle. Awesome.
March 7th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
Your background washes are beautiful, and I love the silhouette in the foreground. Great depiction of “brave”!
March 7th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
Poetic panels!!
Cheers!!
March 7th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
lovely story board, colours and idea, really nice
March 7th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
beautiful silhouette effect! love the colours.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:55 am
So very lovely!
March 10th, 2010 at 5:39 am
Beautiful in every way!
March 10th, 2010 at 8:45 am
very beautiful…!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
I love it! Awesome representation of the word BRAVE – too cute
Nice job.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Very sweet illo and story!
March 12th, 2010 at 2:12 am
Lovely colors in those washes!