101 Fairy Lane

IF: Juggle (painted version)

Here's the newest fairy all painted. I think she looks even more vibrant with color instead of just an ink drawing. But I still need more ideas for names. So far I have a couple good ones from LB of Needleroozer but I'd like to hear more please. I'll have a drawing next Monday and the winner will receive this print. (I just got in some beautiful Arches Infinity paper and I'm eager to print an illustration on it. This little fairy said that she'd like to be printed out. Sans the watermark of course.)

IF: Juggle

After Lemondrop bade farewell to the Ant Queen and her ant groomsmen, she continued with her search for her missing tights. Farther along she spied flying strawberries. She'd never seen strawberries that could fly so she parted the leaves to get a better look. Why the strawberries weren't flying at all. A fairy girl was juggling them. "Hello there. I'm Lemondrop, what's your name?"

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Media: Blue ballpoint pen on tracing paper. I like how freeing the pen is. It flowed across the paper instead of griping it and slowing down. Even though this wasn't the first rough draft, but perhaps the third or fourth version, it still has that sketchy quality that I like. I'll do a cleaned up version with color sometime in the future - it's still fun to see what details like to pop up when painting.

At any rate, this is the newest fairy to 101 Fairy Lane, but I don't know her name yet. Any ideas? So far Lemondrop has her friend, Thistleberry who also lives in the lemon orchard. Whoever gives me the best idea for the new fairy's name will win a prize. So come on, give me suggestions please.  :-)

IF: Wedding

Lemondrop heard some rustling and strange noises in the strawberry plants. When she pulled back the leaves she found the Ant Queen's wedding to her new ants. It was a long ceremony. "I do ... I do ... I do ... I do ... I do ... I do ..."

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Media: Quick pencil sketch on tracing paper, photoshop filters and painting - lots of layers employed the multiple option. I'm not sure why, but this is the first idea that popped into my head for the theme of wedding. What it would look like when the queen ant took her new ants to start a new colony. That is of course in Lemondrop's land.  :-)

Strawberry Fields

When Lemondrop finally landed she looked at all the deep green leaves around her. She was in the strawberry field next door. But alas, her tights were no where to be found. Where could they have gone?

IF: Momentum

Lemondrop raced after the robin who had stolen her tights. After she tugged and tugged on them, the robin finally let go. Oh no, now the momentum has flown her backwards through the air. Where will she land?

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Media: Pencil sketch on tracing paper, Photoshop filters.

Flight of the tights

Uh oh, Lemondrop and Thistleberry must have been having too much fun in the bird bath. They didn't notice that their feathered friend had stolen Lemondrop's tights. Can they catch up with this fast robin?

IF: Alphabets (Colored Version)

LB of Needleroozer suggested that I color Lemondrop for this collage. That seemed like a good idea and I was curious how it'd turn out. Pretty interesting. What do you think? Do you like this way or the monochromatic version better?

IF: Alphabets

Lemondrop knew that the key to the universe was in the alphabet ... anything that you needed to learn could be found in books. You just had to know the letters. Can you find them?

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Media: Pencil drawing on tracing paper, newsprint collage background, and photoshop filters.