Monday, November 28, 2005

Small Bird- Completed


Here it is... the finished product! Total work time: 8 hours-ish. Done on acid-free paper with my favourite pens...Pigma-Micron by Sakura (.20mm,.30mm and .50mm line width).
PS: Thank you very much for the lovely compliments...they are GREATLY appreciated!!!

12 comments:

Caroline said...

Just enough to finish it off without losing the balance.

scott said...

really nice work
I nearly posted a drawing that was mainly pine needles for this theme too.
how strange or not, that we are right up each others alley.
btw. I am borrowing my doggy's blogger identity, it's actually scott
love from he

LDahl said...

Lovely finished work! I really like the limited pallet

Kay Aker said...

Love this. A gentle and subtle antidote antidote to all the holiday glitz.

Queen Tut said...

Fantastic work! love the spalsh of colour.

Anonymous said...

Nice. I like the little touch of color.
wynlen

Jaimie said...

this is lovely! I also like the black and white with a bit of color. I have been meaning to try that myself and you have inspired me.

Q said...

ellen, thanks for stopping by my site. love your illo really much, especially how you perfect it with the right splash of color! happy holiday :D

Amy said...

I love how just the berries have color. What a sweet picture.

Lee said...

I love your little bird...I'm a bit geeky when it comes to birdwatching so this one really made me smile! I always thought a bird themed xmas tree would be kinda cool....thanks for the comment on my IF. Lee

Unknown said...

This is BEAUTIFUL!
I love pen and ink with a touch of color
this will be a gorgeous Christmas card

Anonymous said...

The hardest thing is to NOT overthink. Lovely restraint and line.

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