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Wednesday is Art Day (Illustration Friday – Climbing)

by Dot 28 January 2009 1,144 views No Comment

A valentine’s themed watercolor for this week’s IF word of “Climbing”. I drug out the real watercolors for this one – not the photoshop ones. And I remembered why I both love and hate watercolors. I’m not sure exactly the story behind this one. Surrealism, robots, hearts, and even a robotic cupid [included since Diane's Daily Art Stop challenge is Angels and Cupids :) ]

PS – Don’t forget to enter the Anti-Valentines Contest! I’m sure some of my ultra talented art friends can come up with a cool illo — maybe an anti-vday card!?

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  • moverlow said:

    Validation, nothing! This is one of the best pieces entered this week. Absolutely fabulous!

    # 28 January 2009 at 10:20 pm
  • Vanessa Brantley Newton said:

    Oh Dot, you have stolen my heart with this. I love it. I like the way you colored this one. The paper has a lot of texture to it. Great job you did!

    # 28 January 2009 at 10:38 pm
  • Lemongrass Studio said:

    Your talent is too much to take for all of us regular people…

    # 28 January 2009 at 10:39 pm
  • Peter Breese said:

    Oh wow Dot! Really like this one! Great colors and layout.

    # 28 January 2009 at 10:46 pm
  • Matthew Smith said:

    awesome illo! great originality!! kudos.

    # 28 January 2009 at 10:52 pm
  • Amy C said:

    great piece, I am totally with you on the watercolors – I love them and hate them. Your piece is so lovely it makes me want to get them out again.

    # 28 January 2009 at 10:57 pm
  • joseph's art and stuff said:

    Too cool! love this, you work well with watercolors, they intimidate me… Thanks for the visit and comment:)

    # 29 January 2009 at 1:25 am
  • Artemis Wilde said:

    Wow, this is lovely. I am so jealous of your watercolor skills.

    # 29 January 2009 at 1:38 am
  • Bella Sinclair said:

    Oh my gosh, how utterly awesome and cool! Your watercolor work is fantastic. Such a cool design.

    Anti-Valentines! Oooh, I’d love to play!

    # 29 January 2009 at 1:40 am
  • Honor Bowden said:

    LOVE IT! Please break out the watercolors more often, you’ve done an amazing job.

    # 29 January 2009 at 2:27 am
  • Laura said:

    Unique idea!

    # 29 January 2009 at 2:36 am
  • UIRU said:

    Great vitality to your colours and a quirky illustration that put a smile on my face.

    # 29 January 2009 at 3:32 am
  • nessadee said:

    Awesome concept and colors!

    # 29 January 2009 at 4:28 am
  • Roberta said:

    This is great… the colors are so vibrant and your technique is wonderful!

    # 29 January 2009 at 5:32 am
  • Sara said:

    This is awesome! It’s really creative and fun to look at!

    # 29 January 2009 at 6:10 am
  • ValGalArt said:

    you should feel really good about this one! i love it Dottie :)

    # 29 January 2009 at 7:09 am
  • Fadas & C.ª said:

    So Lovely! Full of great and curious details… Well done!

    # 29 January 2009 at 7:19 am
  • Tomás Serrano said:

    Dot, I like this watercolor. All in it: colors, robots, the stuff…

    # 29 January 2009 at 8:46 am
  • messyfish said:

    this is a great idea. i love the robots. the colours so vivid. nice one!

    # 29 January 2009 at 11:48 am
  • theartofpuro said:

    Wonderful illo,full of imagination
    Love the colours and the concept

    # 29 January 2009 at 2:48 pm
  • Richard Cardona said:

    This is wondrous, and beautiful work. Very very nice!

    # 29 January 2009 at 4:28 pm
  • Reg said:

    Stunning! I love the colors and the texture! Great job!

    # 29 January 2009 at 4:48 pm
  • Dot said:

    Thanks everyone! wow, I guess you guys have inspired me to do more watercolors :)

    nancy

    # 29 January 2009 at 5:33 pm
  • Shano said:

    This is so durn cute and charming! Very clever.

    # 29 January 2009 at 10:29 pm
  • Heather Sitarzewski said:

    So sweet! In a poor-broken-hearted way! =) That heart is awesome and these are some of your best robot creations yet. Plus, you did a great job with the real watercolors too! I can’t stop smiling! I love it.

    # 29 January 2009 at 11:00 pm
  • Diana Evans said:

    what a wonderful piece…I am so thrilled you participated…my computer blew up yesterday so I am so lost ,….will catch up once I am fully up and running again….

    # 30 January 2009 at 12:56 am
  • Michael O'Connell said:

    what a fab illustration! amazing and fun… and now i am going to have to go and look for my real watercolors…

    # 30 January 2009 at 3:15 am
  • Loni Edwards said:

    Well done Dot! Your watercolor technique is awesome! I love the heart especially.

    # 30 January 2009 at 8:26 pm

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