Saturday, January 27, 2007

Illustration Friday: Red

This painting is based on the Russian folk tale, Vasilissa the Beautiful.

16 comments:

Unknown said...

beautiful illo!! Love the character.

wonil said...

wow, beautiful. want to know what happens in the story.

Anonymous said...

molto molto interessante
ciao

Andrew Thornton said...

Really nicely done. I love the smoky quality of your illustration. It adds to the tone of the piece. Good job.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful The detail is so fine and well done.

Michelle Lana said...

love your characters, beatrice!

pati said...

Indeed! She IS beautiful ;)

radimus said...

love your technique and the traditional girl's dress.

poetic and haunting

Anonymous said...

...I don't know that tale, but you work is beatiful and mysterious...

Mike said...

Another excellent illustration. All your pictures are great.

maria mola said...

Great as usual!! How do you paint it? I really like your technique!!

Congratulations

Beatrice said...

Thanks for the nice comments :)
I use acrylic paint (lots of layers!), and I smudge in some charcoal.

Anonymous said...

lovely work

tusen said...

beautiful and a bit disturbing, as always. I love the tale, too - thanks for the link.

mrana said...

wow, scary but beautiful!

Kay Aker said...

Beautifully eerie!