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11x14" cold press watercolour paper
Watercolour, water-soluble crayon, ink
Keith's Wound-Up Firefly overlaid





Had this idea for a while, of a woman representing the Middle Kingdom, supporting the sky with a cherry tree, while her legs trail off as the head of a stream.

The Superb Starling was kind of an afterthought.



Thank you for looking! :iconcocoloveplz:


Critiques


:icona-classical-novelist:
Oh, gosh, Katie,

the colours you used in this piece blend and work so well with the emotion that it evokes. It is as if the subject is at one with nature. The tree and bird everything. Now maybe it is my imagination working here (believe me I have a vivid one), but I see the fans as her wings in a metaphoric perspective. They pop in this picture and underline the idea of a bird. She reminds me of a spirit that brings the beauty into the nature surrounding her. Not too sure if my interpretation is correct, forgive me if it is off, but however I look at this piece, it is a true pleasure.
Bravo!

~Michelle :tea: :heart:
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:iconsphilr:
Your images have a way of flowing right past the retinas and deep into the subconscious, like an airborne dream that's dreamt with one's heart...
The quiet authority of that Hirschfeldian line, the watercolor's embrace of the swells and hollows of human skin-- balance and counter balance of branches and human limbs climaxing in the supple grace of that right hand and its bird-like grasp-- the subtle transparency of those yellow fans... all of these elements fall together into a dance so naturally composed that the mind has to play catch-up to the heart, which sees it all in an instant... snowmask's fluent and multi-hued language of the heart.
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:iconmisantropia:
Wondefully done.

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:icon50calwolf:
love the beautiful colors :D

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"When life gives you lemons, make orange juice and leave the world wondering how the hell you did it"
:iconromaji:
Very nice :aww:

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Love that lives in the heart cannot be so easily terminated by time. Even though the encounter is brief its impression shall last a lifetime. No one can change the direction of love that lives in the heart. If you have loved that in itself is the answer.
:iconpurinsesu-akisame:
I think this is incredibly beautiful...

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:damphyr: Katie
:iconsynconi:
I love those flowers imprinted onto the paper, echoing the sakura in the foreground.
The feeling of nature's dance is so wonderfully captivating...gorgeous work, of course. :heart:

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:iconvayde:
Sexy tree! Beautiful art (:

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ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ
:iconsnowmask:
I love making stencils, they're so much fun. The flowers were a bit tricky to cut out though with my primitive blade, though it worked out in the end :)

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Katie Franke
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:icondragonack27:
Oh wow, this picture is beautiful :)
What an original concept, too!
I especially love the fans and the blossoms :heart:

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"DEAR SWEET JESUS IN A TOP HAT!" ~Me
:iconsynconi:
They look fabulous. Simply fabulous. :heart:

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Jun 15, 2009, 5:12:56 PM

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