Monday, March 28, 2011

Illustration Friday - Toy

Lucy Loves Ducky
8.5 x 8.5 inches
Watercolor and Sharpie Pen

Playing with toys is a sign of intelligence, and all of the higher order animals do it; elephants to whales to dogs and cats.  The tendency for humans and animals to continue to play well into adulthood is both a learning activity as well as a stress reliever.  My border collie Lucy thinks it is just plain fun.

17 comments:

  1. I reallly love this... The pen cross-hatching, the bright colors of the duck against the neutral colors of the dog and background... Really well-done!

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  2. I love Lucy's expression. Lovely piece.

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  3. Very nice! I like your black cross-hatching.
    On our new dog's first camping trip, he got of of the truck and went exploring. He came back with a duck just like this that someone had left. It was soooooo exciting for him!

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  4. My dogs live to play ball. We don't dare even say the word 'ball' unless we're prepared to back it up!
    This is a beautiful drawing. Lucy must be a very sweet dog!

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  5. fun, yes, for Lucy... but a bit nerve wracking for any ducks having a look~see in the window...
    I like how the texture on Lucy melts into the background creating a nice lost edge.
    Gives it some pull.

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  6. O cão parece já ter brincado com e agora está descansando um pouco antes de continuar, muito legal!

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  7. Lovely watercolor and ink. I love dogs too and our living room looks like a doggie day care center. Our Viszla has a duck like this too.

    Nice blog! Thank you for commenting on my troll sketch.

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  8. very nice work. Lucy has a beautiful expression, as well as the duck! ;-)

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  9. Love how Lucy's black and white contrasts with the bright colors of her toy duck. Her shiny also really eyes bring her to life. Great illustration!

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  10. Just lovely, I like the composition!! So cute and true-to-the-way-dogs-behave, how she is handeling the duck-toy! Beautiful dog and beautiful illo!!

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  11. Aww. Nice piece! Looks like she's having fun.

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  12. I love this! We have the same toy for our doggies (we call him Mr. Quackers), and they hold him the same way. We have had to replace Mr. Quackers 9 times over the past several years because he keeps losing his stuffing somehow. Heh.

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  13. Great perspective on this...like the media use and value setup!!! I love to see work that has a good sketchy feel to it!

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  14. looks very real.
    I love the lines, you did a perfect work with the ink ♥
    ...and your dog looks adorable :)

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  15. I love the expresion in the dog! super!

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