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Sigune — The Lady under the Cherry Tree

Published: 2008-05-04 09:54:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 1246; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 0
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Description Inspired by early twentieth-century fairytale illustrations, even though it does not look very much like them . The dress is based on a Holbein design.



Staedtler pens and watercolour on pale yellow paper.
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Comments: 21

HappyHicks [2011-04-18 08:13:11 +0000 UTC]

very nice!

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Sigune In reply to HappyHicks [2011-04-18 13:44:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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loaves [2010-11-29 12:51:15 +0000 UTC]

This looks like a very nice note card!

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Sigune In reply to loaves [2010-11-29 15:11:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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ArticGladiolus [2010-11-28 21:35:35 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful painting!

I love the colour palette and the perspective is very appealing

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Sigune In reply to ArticGladiolus [2010-11-29 09:27:01 +0000 UTC]

Whee! I think it's the first time anyone complemented me on the way I treated perspective .

Thanks very much!

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ArticGladiolus In reply to Sigune [2010-11-29 21:47:45 +0000 UTC]

ahah, there's always a first time

you're welcome

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Memenda-Seven [2010-11-28 16:52:52 +0000 UTC]

This drawing reminds me of Victorian illustrations of novels.

Keep it up!

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Sigune In reply to Memenda-Seven [2010-11-29 09:18:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

I'm a Victorianist, so that influence is definitely not a coincidence ...

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Memenda-Seven In reply to Sigune [2010-11-29 20:21:03 +0000 UTC]

hehe! That's great to know and you're welcome!

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Achen089 [2010-01-12 21:30:35 +0000 UTC]

I find it does look like those old fairytale illustrations,it especially reminds me of something like Rackham's or Dulac's work.
It's a very lovely painting in any case.

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Sigune In reply to Achen089 [2010-01-14 21:07:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

It's funny - I wasn't too fond of it at first, but I've grown to like this picture in the meantime. I only wish I hadn't made the trees in the background quite so dark.

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Achen089 In reply to Sigune [2010-01-15 20:23:52 +0000 UTC]

Hmm,personally i don't see anything wrong with them..But i believe the artist knows better.

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cabepfir [2008-12-31 09:26:49 +0000 UTC]

Featured in my Best of dA 2008 News [link]

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Sigune In reply to cabepfir [2008-12-31 14:34:44 +0000 UTC]

Wheeeeee! I'm immensely flattered - you put me in such august company too!

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cabepfir In reply to Sigune [2009-01-01 11:36:37 +0000 UTC]

I owed that to you Happy new year!

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cabepfir [2008-05-06 17:52:54 +0000 UTC]

This was obviously a fave from the start. I wait to see all the little protraits you did recently

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Sigune In reply to cabepfir [2008-05-12 16:59:42 +0000 UTC]

The portraits are up on LJ and blogspot . I still can't decide to what extent to mix my fannish and non-fannish art... So far I haven't posted any of my Gaulish stuff here, but I'm wondering...

Glad you like this one, though .

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cabepfir In reply to Sigune [2008-05-12 20:29:34 +0000 UTC]

I have had many problems in watching your blogspot, recently. The page loads very slowly, images doesn't open... do you have similar problems?

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blue-nadir [2008-05-04 15:29:34 +0000 UTC]

Yanno... I'm used to you using a LOT more black in your pictures, I almost didn't recognise your style!

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Sigune In reply to blue-nadir [2008-05-04 21:54:03 +0000 UTC]

Heh. I've been experimenting with watercolour a lot these past weeks, so I haven't been using any black at all! It's quite a change for me too, but it's fun...

This is not the kind of picture I would have made without prompting. It's actually a commission that was rejected, but I thought it a nice picture anyway .

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