Friday, July 15, 2011

Illustration Friday Topic-Gesture

This is an image I did for a story that I wrote. The muse for the characters was my grandmother and her sisters. When they would get together, they would laugh and tell stories about things they remembered as children. It was always fun to listen in. I loved painting this and had a lot of fun making the shapes in the clouds and hair. ( a little self indulgent) This was the first image that came to mind for the topic,gesture as they did as much talking with their hands as the did verbally.

16 comments:

  1. And their gestures are great. Hands telling a story. Cool.

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  2. Wonderful! Such great characters!

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  3. I can't think of another descriptive word, other than fabulous! Love it!

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  4. Thank you for the very nice comments. I love doing project like this!

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  5. The cloud hair is delightful! It's a good association for talking - as 'thought bubbles' are used in comic strips – only you've taken it a step further. You've captured a really nice feeling in this piece. I enjoyed visiting your blog, Amanda. I love what you're doing with your son and Two Can Art. Very inspiring.

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  6. Love this, the characters are so fun!

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  7. They look like they're having a great time!! Love it!

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  8. Aha! This is simply wonderful!! I love their expressions and they do indeed look like they are busy, busy, busy gabbing away..and enjoying every minute of it. What a great blog you have!

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  9. PS - I know, right? It turns out that Bee had a wonderful "follower" who saw this and let her know. I don't know how the follower discovered the copycat..but thankfully she told Bee and hopefully it's remedied. : )

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  10. So happy and charming. Love the "cloud" hair!

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  11. The cloud hair I must admit was extremely self indulgent. Fun, Fun, Fun.

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  12. I am also a cloud hair fan...brilliant..great two characters..full of gesture!

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  13. Beautifully illustrated and a wonderful celebration of grandmothers. They're so inspiring and full of wisdom. I hold my grandmothers (passed and still alive) ever close to my heart.

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