Art: Whimsy

[gloredhel04]

I can't say how relieved I am to be finished with this. I started painting this probably about nine months ago, and frequently left it for the never-to-be-done pile. The color's a bit off, but I'm going to have it scanned soon instead of only taking a picture of it. This is my cousin, who I lived with for almost a year back in '04. She's going to

Comments

[orange_bastard]

Wow this is beautiful! I think children are hard to draw...she turned out fantastic!

[gloredhel04]

Lol, I agree. I'm so used to adult proportions, getting her face correct was a challenge. Thank you!

[cassandramalfoy]

This is lovely work. :)
I love how you captured her eyes and youth.

[gloredhel04]

Aww, thank you! I spent a long long time on this, I'm glad you like it. :)

[fillequill]

This is amazing!! The shadowing and the hands is just...wow.

How have you been? :)

[gloredhel04]

*glomps* Thanks, hon. I've been pretty good, school is manageable. How about you? I hope your art class is a bit more interesting.

[fillequill]

We had one kind of okay project doing that thing where you graph out a picture then blow it up and draw it larger. Of course, we couldn't use our own artwork so it was completely unoriginal. The rest of the projects have been cutting stuff out and gluing...yeah. LOL

I'm glad you've got a handle on school--I really don't think I like this full time business.

[fallenshateiel]

Stunning...

[gloredhel04]

Gah! Sorry for not replying sooner. *shamed*

Thank you for commenting, I'm glad you like it. :)