Tuesday 14 October 2008

Illustration Friday - Strings

Vivaldi - The Four Seasons - L'autunno (Autumn) II, adagio for strings
played by Goldilocks and Baby Bear..

39 comments:

Danielle Barlow said...

WOW!!

Vickie said...

Very beautiful. I love the way the background of trees echo the feeling of strings.

Diane Duda said...

Wow is right! Just beautiful!!!

Alicia Padrón said...

Beautiful kathy!!!!!!! What gorgeous color you have on the background. I can look at that all day long.

Joanie said...

Absolutely beautiful!

DK said...

beautiful!

Bella Sinclair said...

Holy moly, that's good! You've got the magic touch, my friend!

thedoodlegirl said...

You really have a talent for making things soft, vibrant, fresh, colorful and alive all at the same time. I can almost hear them!

Scooter said...

Great blog- love your technique and work!

Catalina Alvarez said...

OH!!! Kathy!!!!
Vivaldi plus your beautiful characters are an awesome story.
Bellissimo, bellissimo, bellissimo.
Cata

flower girl said...

Gorgeous work as always!! lovely scene... =)

Anonymous said...

Hi Kathy, I've been trying to think laterally for IF too and keep coming back to things hanging! This is exquisite especially the setting with those gorgeous colours, another masterpiece :)

IstvanBloggin' said...

Hey, another great idea, i like it very much.

yoon see said...

Wow, again the magical sweet soft colours here mild my heart.
Sweet autumn, this season is to be cherished...with great partner, it definitely works well all season:)

Roberta said...

I would love to be in the audience of their woodland concert.
Very nice Kathy.

Carli said...

beautiful. I love the fall colors

Anonymous said...

it's amazing,love the composition and the atmosphere you've done

Eli said...

Awesome use of color, and I love the bear!

Sandra Evertson said...

Stunning!
Sandra

Shona said...

Simply gorgous illo, Kathy!

:)

Eric Barclay said...

Wow-- really beautiful. I love this.

Diane Smith said...

WOW! I really like this one - the multicolor leaves and trees, the modern Goldilocks and bear...Great stuff.

Mark Cavell said...

If you go down to the woods today your sure of a FANTASTIC surprise.

Another great piece, fab technique (yours and the bears)

Dragana Savkov - Bajić said...

Beautiful! Everything is beautiful! Love the colours of the background!

Brine Blank said...

Really nice color...great posing on the bear

Nessa Dee said...

Beautiful, beautiful! I love that bear, he looks huggable!

Shannon Melville said...

Lovely take on the traditional string instrument idea that so many of us have done (including myself). I love the colours in the forest and it is nice that girl and bear are friends. I really love the illos you did for Sugary and also Packed. Your illustrations always seem very well planned, the compositions are great, the pencil application is gentle but there is still always enough contrast, the colours are harmonious, the characters are charming and you seem to be able to gage just the right amount of detail, not too much, not too little. I always admire your work as you can see :)

lil kim said...

just gorgeous!!!

Unknown said...

Lovely!!

Kathleen Rietz said...

Wonderful! I love how your portfolio is being buit so strongly with your IF illos lately. They are allsuch strong pieces.

Random York said...

This is pure magic Kathy- it is stunning to me!-John

flossy-p said...

Wow, your work is just beautiful. You really manage to capture such a glow in your colours, and such feeling in your expressions. Beautiful. I love Mr Ogre, but your illo for "island" takes my breath away!

Edrian said...

The mood is wonderful here! I love the light so subtle behind the trees, and the girls hair is amazing! Completely magical! Wonderful!

INDIGENE said...

Kathy, it's just pure joy visiting here! I love the colors! Does it take a long time to create your pieces with color pencil? I adore your style! Bravo!

www.indigeneartforms.blogspot.com

Rick said...

I ALWAYS love your work. I want to steal you backgrounds. (I'm kind of funn that way.)

Sylvia Jenstad said...

Wow ... what beautiful soft colours... really cool painting... I also love 'Island' and 'Clique'

Vanessa Brantley Newton said...

Your style is just like candy!!! All the wonderful details and colors. I'd like to see these two in concert. They are just fantastic!!!

Anonymous said...

Soooooweeeet! Love this!

Anonymous said...

Absolutely Sublime In The Extreme!!!