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So, everyone seems to be doing a little copying from favored painters & illustrators so I thought I would throw in my 2 cent.

This is from Kay Nielsen. I really love all of his work. Especially for the East of the Sun and West of the Moon book. :)

Not done yet, and the lady needs some reworking of the torso and head, but better then nothing!

Ref: http://www.ralphbakshi.com/blog/archives/sunmoon03.jpg

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Teapot (Feb 27, 2010)

I bought all the illustrations from that book in card form about...erm...30 years ago. Still have them. Still love them. This is very, very pretty and has captured the feeling of his work.

Layne (Feb 27, 2010)

I am glad you like it. They republished the east of the sun and west of the moon about two(?) years ago in a really nice hardcover edition. :) I was so glad when i saw because while I had a book of his illustrations I really wanted to be able to read the stories that went along with all of his illustrations.

enjoydotcom (Feb 27, 2010)

Very attractive style, those soothing colors are great.

It would be a great contest, draw from your favorite artist. In his or her style.

mursku (Feb 27, 2010)

when i compare your piece with the original, the first thing that pops to my eyes is that the original looks like it was made with watercolors, while yours looks too smooth, there's hardly any texture.. i liked the texture you had going in the fifth version.
if you wanted to have texture like in the original painting, an easy (and quick!) way to do it, would be with a scatter brush (choose a high scatter count and you can maybe crank up the spacing too) on a separate layer. that way you can easily erase the eventual wayward dots from unwanted areas, and you can also play around with the blend mode and opacity (make it subtle)

..hmm, another thing that i noticed was that the original was much more sharper (darker and thinner lines).. i suck at line art so i'll not gonna try to give you any advice on that. You would only get worse if i tried to teach you line art :P

I can't believe I ate the whole thing

lynnandcharlie (Feb 26, 2010)

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Zero_Lemons (Feb 27, 2010)

haha a dramatic frog!

elly (Feb 27, 2010)

Must've been an over sized horse fly! LOL...so cute =)

firecracker (Feb 27, 2010)

"lol",,,,this is sooo cute....I luv it! I like the expression on it's face......he looked like he just "burped"!! I wonder what he ate?? Did he eat the puppy in version 1??? "LOL"!! Great draw!! :)

lynnandcharlie (Feb 27, 2010)

I wondered what happened to the puppy

TV will destroy your brain, son.

enirroc (Feb 27, 2010)

Just bored and doodling

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davincipoppalag (Feb 27, 2010)

With what's on this morning that's how I feel too lol

"Whisle blowers are Damned"

dorothyblueeyes (Feb 26, 2010)

blew a whistle lately,no one did anything,passed the buck,so a dangerous bus is on the road,according to my source,and no one is doing anything,cause retarded people are "not important."that's govt. for you,it just does not work much.Oh,and Oregon now has a sales tax,and did not even know it voted it in.Fraud.wow.

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firecracker (Feb 26, 2010)

"lolz".....you should draw an "oompa loompa" "BMW".....that would be cool......they are so cute...haha!! :P

Purplemartin (Feb 26, 2010)

Glad you blew the whistle, hope there is some change! It is all about money. Around here they keep catching embezzlers, those committing fraud, and they are all with social service agencies. Scary stuff, and the clients sink through the cracks, while they rip off the government and use the money for other things instead of serving the clients. A new sales tax in this economy? Is your state INSANE?