This week I am short for time, so decided to combine this weeks IF and IMT contributions into one piece. Illustration Friday is Missing, and Inspire Me Thursday is Dear Diary.
This started as a quick pencil drawing, then I added some pen, didn’t like the effect, added some paint and oil pastel, still wasn’t sure, so put some water over the top of the water colour pencils I originally used. Basically, the finished result was a big smudged mess, but somehow I think it works. Gives the look of a diary entry smudged with tears, so I think I will just leave it be.
19 Comments
August 7, 2007 at 10:04 pm
Works for me too!! It shows sentiment!!
August 7, 2007 at 11:38 pm
The body language of the girl is so wistful. I love the colors and the sihouette of the tree.
August 8, 2007 at 8:24 am
Bee, I made a comment to this before, but I don’t think it took.
I wanted to thank you for commenting on my blog and your piece on missing/dear diary is wonderful!
August 8, 2007 at 8:25 am
I really like it…she looks to be lost in thought which is very appropriate!
August 8, 2007 at 10:21 am
This looks like it could have been an illustration from a LM Montgomery story…
“Isn’t it fortunate I’ve got such an imagination?” said Anne. “It will help me through splendidly, I expect. What do people who haven’t any imagination do when they break their bones, do you suppose, Marilla?”
August 8, 2007 at 12:02 pm
The colors are perfectly balanced, the texture of her hair is almost touchable and the way she’s gazing off into space is so wistful. Very nice!
August 8, 2007 at 4:57 pm
I like this, sitting against a tree to write her diary, so nice. The colours of the sky are lovely.
August 8, 2007 at 6:22 pm
O my how lovely and the colors are great too !!
August 8, 2007 at 9:52 pm
It actually works very well – I like it!
August 8, 2007 at 11:22 pm
This makes me think of being a girl, hiding under the shrubs and trees in my backyard (my special spot for reflecting), and being alone with my thoughts. Wondering if there was a God, if there was such a thing as heaven, wondering what amazing thing I was supposed to do with my life, wondering if the butterflies stopped to think and wonder about me…
Thank you for sharing your beautiful images and for leaving the smudges. Life is full of them.
August 9, 2007 at 4:21 am
I’ve had days where my creative process is just like that! But it turned out beautifully and I never would have known you had such a tussle with it.
August 9, 2007 at 5:18 am
Melancholy, yet hopeful at the same time. Lovely!
August 9, 2007 at 11:37 pm
beautiful piece, one of my favorites. i can relate to this piece…very moving.
August 10, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Bee this is beautiful and so emotional… I love the writing too. I think you have done a fab job with this
August 11, 2007 at 4:49 am
this is just lovely. i’ve looked around a bit and especially love your “poem” entry.
thanks for adding me to your blogroll!
i’ll be back to visit.
August 12, 2007 at 6:24 am
Very nice piece!
August 12, 2007 at 3:47 pm
Bee – another beautiful piece.
I can really ‘feel’ what she has written.
August 12, 2007 at 7:17 pm
Bee, I think it works perfectly! She really looks lost in her thoughts, and I know I’ve been there before.
August 14, 2007 at 1:06 pm
What a gorgeous piece of work.
I just love what you do.
Lea