Wednesday, 21 January 2009

Illustration Friday - Pale



This is the White Horse of Uffington, as perceived by the artist-in-residence at the Palace. Actually, it's not really white - in this case a pale shade of blue - but the 'Pale Horse of Uffington' lacks that certain je ne sais quoi ...

11 comments:

John said...

I love the colors and the blending how did you do this?

Cat W said...

i really like your use of colors too.. it all blends together well.

Dusik said...

nice. always wondered how real illustrators do that...

Cathy said...

Thanks for the kind comments, folks! This piece is actually cross-hatched watercolour - very time-consuming.

Gabrielle said...

I agree with everything said above and more, I especially like the rhythm

ValGalArt said...

this is so very beautiful! you are so talented!
I hate to say this but I think the last person that had the journal, kept it, made some feeble excuses and was never heard from... I am not going to name them but it is rather disapointing :(

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Paul Chokran said...

Hey Cath, lovely drawing, but is it my imagination or has he (and I have to assume it's a he) got an extra bit? And are the sheep there to pull the wool over his eys?

shaky mouse said...

great technique.. looks wonderful. The sheep look like they could scare someone up real good in a darkened field..

AscenderRisesAbove said...

very nice; colored pencil?

Cathy said...

Thanks for the comment, Ascender - actually this is watercolour, cross-hatched using a fine brush.