Raggedy Ann! :) I loved the book, and my Raggedy Ann doll was one of my favorites, although I put her through way more hell than Marcella did in the stories...my Alaskan Simoan dog Snow White ripped my Raggedy Ann's head off in the end. I think we should start calling Marcello "Marcella"... it's much closer to home. :D

I'm glad you did this picture, it brought back lots of funny memories, and you did such a cute job in depicting them.

Thanks everyone for the great comments on these, I guess they are just "Old Favorites" of a lot of people. Actually I do paint a lot of childrens characters for pay but on canvas I do much better than on the net. I am really not half as good as I would like to be. I have painted so many Winnie the Pooh pictures I have grown not to like "The Pooh" much. LOL My favorite childrens characters to paint is Disney, Mickey and Minnie. I just love them and could never paint them enough.

absolutely adorable!

Pick one, make a sauce.

I like 'em just sliced with salt and peppa! My mouth is watering as I type. Actually my favorite tomatoe are the "green fried" ones. Yummy!

very nice, and I love these little guys, so sweet, mmmm makes me want summer to get here in a hurry

Thank you. It was from a picture of my daughters friend on her myspace account, she is a pretty girl. I will be doing one of her full face soon hopefully.

This is nicely done. Profiles can be hard but you did hers well. It's silly but I'm loving how you made the cloth near the armpit look likes it's not simply resting there but there's a space between the cloth and the skin. Very subtle and well done that.

Sweetcell, I had changed that spot, originally it looked terrible and it bothered me. I was happy with it too. :-) I have an easier time with profiles than the full face for some reason, I am trying one right now of Angelina and I can't get her face right to save my life. But I am not giving up, hopefully you will see that here soon as well. and Wittle Fawah, her hair was very hard, actually I believe I lightened it too much, but by the time I was done with it, I was afraid to change it anymore. Thank you both for your nice comments.

beautiful, love the highlighting in this one!

This turned out very pretty. You do still lifes well. Maybe a few more shadows on the vase to have it look more substantial, as well as some shadows on the leaves and flowers that intersect or lay over the other. And as well highlights here and there, like the wrought iron. That's wrought iron right?

I wanted to go back and add some more shadows, but I had asked for space so many times on this one that I was about afraid to try it again. You are right about the shadows and highlights though, now looking back on this one. Yes, that is wrought iron (or simulated wrought iron) LOL Thanks for the great comments and suggestions. Airin and Shigatsu Sensei, your opinions mean so much to me as well...I love feedback on my drawings, even if they are not good. Yours please me well.

very nice piece. love that you used some depth in your colors.

It's beautiful. I love the vibrant colors and the lighting.

My least favorite flower, maybe because we had so many growing wild in our garden. But you made them pretty.

Popping Poppies is right! This is a beautiful drawing kutie!!!! I love it!!

I think you are right about the perspective, as soon as I get some time I will finish this up. Today was a busy day for me, I am making a three tier wedding cake and two double layer heart side cakes. Been at it for over 6 hours now. I ran out of space on this too, will have to get some more granted. Thanks for the advice.

Oh my,Oh my,Oh my,
The skintones are lovely,
Oh my oh my,This makes me love you,Much-ness,Please,Teach me your secret,Oh my,This makes me smile,A lot <3

Oh,And in the original,His hair is pulled back P:

Ah,Lovely <3

Very wonderful! <3

great grapic draw! your strong suite.

Yeah, tried to make it look really old with some patina. Thanks for the nice comments elly and Airin!

This was my mothers favorite flower, she had them all over th place and took real good care of them. Pains me that I killed them, but the memories of how she showed them off proudly are imbedded in my mind.

Terracotta right? Looks like terracotta. Pretty pretty picture.

awwww....how sweet. Too bad they died....at least the memories will never die. Nice job on this picture....it's peaceful.........*by the way.....terricotta....can you tell me what that means? They sing about a terricotta pie in a song by System of a Down. Lol.