Feb 12, 2010

adrift


Sometimes Beatrice was tired of seeing the same old trees day after day. On the abandoned boat she found in a stand of birches, sometimes she would pretend she was adrift on Lake Superior - bravely crossing the billowing waves to new lands for exploring and new creatures for finding...

Haven't done IF in a loooong long time.  Word of the week: "adrift."

19 comments:

  1. Love this. Beautiful trees and textures and nice idea.

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  2. oh my, how I love a fawn with an imagination!!!

    This is just wonderful. I love it!

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  3. Striking! Fantastic work.

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  4. Soooo, pretty! You are definitely an illustrator of cute things!

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  5. Very creative! I haven't IF'd in a long time either. It's fun to see everyone's takes on the word, and this one seemed like a great week to be a participant again.

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  6. I really like your values and content. Of course, the deer is precious, too.

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  7. Wow, I love this! So cute and pretty.

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  8. Beautiful pallette!
    Is that watercolour?

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  9. wow your work is so beautiful and sensitive! Cute new cat too! :)

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  10. Soooo lovely. The colors are so wonderful.

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  11. Cute story and wonderful illustration. I hope you continue to allow us into your IF world.

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  12. Yay! IF! Don't make me jealous for actually doing stuff, when I'm all being lame and not doing anything. Ever.

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  13. I've been looking at this piece for a while and I thought I heard birds singing in the background! You did brilliant! :)

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  14. beautiful illustration and story. love you use of colors and textures.

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  15. This is beautiful! It makes me heartsick for spring.

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