NOVEMBER COMPETITION TOPIC: SLOW

[Johanna Kim]

@sarah-luann LOVE IT. What a unique idea, and definitely fits the topic.

[NelliA]

@sarah-luann Love this! I like the dark colors and the composition

[Jon Anderson]

Up high... down low... around the back... TOO SLOW!!!

[Whitney Simms]

@Laurasketches oh, I love a good watercolor. That’s beautiful. Soooo beautiful. And that moment, they surely wanted to last forever. For time to just slow down. Beautiful piece.

@Chip-Valecek I was wondering when grandma was coming! You have a driver, good luck man! Piece turned out nice!

@Jon-Anderson that pesky little dog. I bet he grabs shoes and toys and everything in his path. Looks great. Totally cracked up when I saw it. Great redunduring too!

[Sarah LuAnn]

@Johanna-Kim @NelliA thank you! I’ll be making a few tweaks to it before sending it in for the competition, but overall I am very pleased with how it has turned out. I’m glad you like it!

[Eli]

@laurasketches It's beautiful and I think it's great for this forum. Beautiful storytelling.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

Hopefully this isn’t too late. It’s alright if it is though. I’m just really swarmed as of the moment. I hope you guys like it though. Thank you

[Eli]

@artbytra Love the retro vibe of this!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@kathrynadebayo i absolutely love you pencil shading on this one. Did you do this by hand? It’s amazing! I also love your concept. You could call it ‘Beadroom Zoo’ or something.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@laurasketches i love the level of watercolor skill on this one. This is watercolor i wished to achieve but never really fully realized. I also love the sunrise/sunset lighting. It highlights the ‘slow’ time of the day.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@jon-anderson haha this is so adorable. This reminds of the art style of the books I had as a kid. I hope your smowman finds his arm soon.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@sarah-luann i love your wood engraving-esqe looking on this piece. Plus the colors really emphasize the mood.

[KathrynAdebayo]

@nyrrylcadiz I'm glad you got your piece posted, Nyrryl! I was watching for it. Yes, it's just pencil done traditionally. I tweaked the colors on the computer, which interestingly helped me see where it seems like I could improve the contrast of some of the values (next time I try this style). Always learning!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@kathrynadebayo I love what you did. I also did pencil shading a bit last year. I just loved the texture. After I’d shade the drawing tradionally, I would then scan and color it digitally. I like the effect. It’s just took too much time for me though. Lol... That’s why I’m really drawn to your piece.

[Laurasketches]

@whitney-simms Thank you! I am returning to illustration after a long hiatus, so it is very confidence building to hear that someone likes my work. (however, seeing it onscreen, I'm aware of all the hard edges that I wish were softer). Ego Ally is absolutely charming. Lovely choice of color palette.

[Laurasketches]

@nyrrylcadiz thank you for your kind words. (as I have not yet figured out how to paint digitally I will admire your work with the same regard.)

[Laurasketches]

@eli Thank you so much! I had thought about how to include the bottle of poison as a foreshadowing of what is to come in the story...but I couldn't decide where to put it in...

[Pamela Fraley]

@artwithashley I love this! It’s so pretty and your snowmen are adorable. Nice to see someone else doing illustration with cut paper!

[artwithashley]

@pamela-fraley - Your work is always so beautiful!! It was my first cut paper project, and totally experimental. On a side note how are you and your family. I noticed that you live in Alaska, did you guys have much damage where you are?

[Pamela Fraley]

@artwithashley Thank you! The earthquake was scary for sure, but we are all safe and had no damage to the house at all. We live on the Kenai peninsula (south of Anchorage) so we didn't get hit as badly, but our town was evacuated up the hill for a few hours because we are right on the water in the tsunami threat area.