Tuesday, September 08, 2009

I-F: Strong


Some strong winds a blowin!

This is a bit of a companion piece to my previous I-F painting (Caution), both potential entries for Image Zoo's contest for their artists (of which I am one). It's a 'show off' contest, but unfortunately I only had 2 hours to do this from start to finish so don't feel like it's much of a show off, so not sure if I will enter at all...
The topic was 'social networking' - so these are both entitled "Face-book (old school)"

Also, as a bonus here is a previous IF post "Strength" that I did aaaaages ago, when I was still working digitally. Have I really been doing Illustration Friday for 4 years? wow.

17 comments:

kathy hare said...

gorgeous...love the newspaper sail!

linda said...

It's beautiful, of course your should enter it! Very clever... I can't believe it ONLY takes you 2 hours...wowee!

catnapping said...

I especially love the printed sail, and the swirls of the wind. This is a delightful illustration.

Cally Johnson-Isaacs said...

This is lovely!

Heather said...

I like the way the little red boat shows up in this. (I did wind too.)

Carmen Medlin said...

I love this! So whimsical, and I love that you used newsprint for the sails.

Nicky Linzey said...

Beautiful - love your watercolours, so soft and gentle.

Madonna Davidoff said...

I liked the inserted text in it.marvelous style

Xovika said...

She is stronger than the wind, she keeps calm and carries on!

Shirley said...

WOW, such great work!! Love the STRONG piece...and 4 years?! I'm so impressed!! Love your work.

ArtfulArtsyAmy said...

omigosh! I am in love with that wee lil saiboat. i adore the texture of the sails. truly. great work.

YourPortfolio said...

Very nice. especially like the idea of combining the newspaper sail with the watercolor.

YourPortfolio said...

Very nice. Especially like how you combined the newspaper sail with the watercolor.

thedoodlegirl said...

2 HOURS?! You MUST enter! That is amazing that it only took you two hours!

Karin said...

Very beautiful and gentle. I love the little sail!

Anonymous said...

Nice collage incorporated into watercolor! I've been also trying to put collage and watercolor together, but it doesn't turn out right. Yours is really something!

Juan said...

Beautiful!!