This is really weird. My signature on this picture says 4/5/7. I am pretty sure that is incorrect. I am pretty confident that I drew this picture about two years prior to that date. What I am thinking is that I colored it on 4/5/7. The photo background may have been added then too...I don't know.
Well anyways, I remember that awhile after I drew this picture, I started to color it digitally and then stopped. At the time I thought that it played well in black and white so I sat on it. Then later I changed my mind and made the aforementioned addition of colored penciling, then the photo sky pattern. I like the contrast, especially when you zoom in on it. The original digital file is 300dpi, I think it would make a great poster if someone ever wanted one. The actual drawing I believe is on a 9x12 piece of paper and may be inked...I'm not sure. It is in storage.
I have been toying with the idea of doing a faerie calender for years and this picture is a prime example of what I would like to put into it. I guess I would have to redesign it a bit to fit the general landscape format of most calenders...we'll see.
One more thing; this picture reminds me of warmth. The colors are very pleasing to my eyes, the imagery of this relaxed stretching awakening faerie is appealing and her wings remind me of a cat I used to room with who would catch butterflies in the spring and summer and bring them to us as trophies using his wonderful feline logic. One day he brought in a butterfly with the most beautiful wings I had ever seen on an alive creature. It is that moment that I believe inspired me to to draw this eventually.
pencil
on
paper
with
digital background
