Thank you, friends! Night scenes are a challenge, but I'm enjoying the wonders of black gouache. Mouse is home under the covers with a pillow over her head. Kabooms are way too big and scary for her little ears.
Well. That Black gouache is perfect for the mood... dark, but not murky; I like how the bushes in the back fuzz out into the night. You've achieved a nice sense of depth with the black and other contrasts, and both the characters and environment massage each other into coziness; we've got it all here: detail≈vagueness, fear≈humor, cuteness≈seriousness... Makes one want to stop whatever your doing and join in the fun! ~unless you're a mouse I guess... ≈:
Mardi, wonderful staging and storytelling! The use of the foreground pulls me into the piece...if fact I feel as if I'm hiding in the bushes watching all this unfold.
How the oldest one is apprehensively lighting the fuse and the middle one is unknowingly smiling up at him. He doesn't even look at his hand. I think that could exactly happen like that. (Says a mother of three little boys who wishes it will never happen like that). Well made!! Pia
I'm catching up on a couple of week's worth of IF entries, and these are two of my faves, but then I always look forward to visiting your work. You always have such a wonderful, magical quality to your pieces. The light against the night sky, the bottle rocket in the foreground...Beautiful!
ha ha - they sure will, and this is just too cute. I love the mood you have going with the colors, too!
ReplyDeletereally cute boys :)
ReplyDeleteyour characters are so incredibly cute! Nice job on these guys!
ReplyDeleteI love the sense of intrepidation, and the very long fuse :o)
ReplyDeleteBut... where is Mouse?
Maybe it is too noisy and scary for Mouse.
Thank you, friends! Night scenes are a challenge, but I'm enjoying the wonders of black gouache. Mouse is home under the covers with a pillow over her head. Kabooms are way too big and scary for her little ears.
ReplyDeleteThey're so cute and cuddly! Loving the big firework too!
ReplyDeleteWell.
ReplyDeleteThat Black gouache is perfect for the mood... dark, but not murky; I like how the bushes in the back fuzz out into the night.
You've achieved a nice sense of depth with the black and other contrasts, and both the characters and environment massage each other into coziness; we've got it all here: detail≈vagueness, fear≈humor, cuteness≈seriousness...
Makes one want to stop whatever your doing and join in the fun!
~unless you're a mouse I guess...
≈:
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wow, this is really great! love the concept (ha!) and the way you've rendered the night in those wonderful blues... darling bunny boys, too!
ReplyDeleteawwwww, cuteness :)
ReplyDeleteMardi, wonderful staging and storytelling! The use of the foreground pulls me into the piece...if fact I feel as if I'm hiding in the bushes watching all this unfold.
ReplyDeleteHow the oldest one is apprehensively lighting the fuse and the middle one is unknowingly smiling up at him. He doesn't even look at his hand. I think that could exactly happen like that. (Says a mother of three little boys who wishes it will never happen like that).
ReplyDeleteWell made!!
Pia
ha love this... I really enjoy your work..... all of it.
ReplyDeletehow cute...love it...your art is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThis is perfect. Made me smile!!
ReplyDeleteOh, dear., let the bunny-boys step back!
ReplyDeletePaula
Excellent! It tells such a story. Love the composition.
ReplyDeleteLove it!!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful!!
ReplyDeleteI'm catching up on a couple of week's worth of IF entries, and these are two of my faves, but then I always look forward to visiting your work. You always have such a wonderful, magical quality to your pieces. The light against the night sky, the bottle rocket in the foreground...Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteCute!
ReplyDeleteWow, lovely whimiscal illos!
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