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.

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

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!

lovely work

nice job Kute. I wanna see you do another one!!

very nice, love the watercolor feel to this one!

looks like a very pretty kingfisher to me too. :)

What a pretty little birdy :D

so cute, love the king fishers.

love the colors! very nice!!

Thanks for all of the sweet comments on this one. I prefer Lascaux also but I wanted to try shi and it is like over at the other place and that is the only reason I submitted a small drawing here. I just wanted to check out the programs a little more.

Sweetcell we draw at rate my drawing and at Ginkgo. There are a couple of other places I draw too but not a lot lately. I just recently came back to 2draw after being gone for months.

But thanks again, elly, Sweetcell, Pantera and Miss DJ!

nice colors, pretty flowers, I also draw at rmd, as starzshine, and also at sketchfu.com as starzshine.

That's a cute little guy there. Good fluffiness of the plants.

nice composition!

very pretty, I love to draw the birds and this is beautiful love the background coloring, nice compliment to the bird. I have tons of ref pic for birds if ever you wish to browse my photbucket account let me know.

That's very mod artish. I just wish the eye was rounder.

Such expression on his face! This is wonderful, Kute.

Thank you Hunterkiller, dave, lori and momma! To me it still looks unfinished. But this was for me, sort of like the portrait was for Dave. It scared the crap out of me to try it seeing how some other artists can make fur so lifelike. I knew I was not going to be able to succeed in that, but DONE is what I am here. I don't have to guts to even try to fix this or work on it anymore. I guess that is why my stuff never really looks too finished, cause I am a coward. LOL

really nice job on this Kute!