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.
Gorgeous! Love the background colours
Beautiful in its subtlety.
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!!
What a lovely sequence..and I like the story behind it!
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.
Your background washes are beautiful, and I love the silhouette in the foreground. Great depiction of “brave”!
Poetic panels!!
Cheers!!
lovely story board, colours and idea, really nice 😉
beautiful silhouette effect! love the colours.
So very lovely!
Beautiful in every way!
very beautiful…!
I love it! Awesome representation of the word BRAVE – too cute 🙂 Nice job.
Very sweet illo and story!
Lovely colors in those washes!