Saturday, February 18, 2012

Drawing challenge/ Butterfly







They have been fluttering through my house all week and 
they are welcome to stay.
I was certainly inspired by Nadine's post last week.
Take a look for more butterflies at her great tiny woolf blog for more.
xx


22 comments:

  1. Oh§ un umbrala made of butterlies! How inspiring!
    I would love the feeling of a butterfly on my cheek : )

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  2. I already liked the first image
    of only a cutout
    but that umbrella.... wauw
    and that beautiful blue
    suits it all so well

    x

    P.S.
    I will be the host next week
    please stop by on Monday!

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  3. Oh Renilde!!How beautiful.....i am in love and awe-struck by the butterfly parasol...this is one of my new favorites of yours..it is absolutely stunning!! wowness! This makes my soul sing!..and fly!

    I love all the butterfly in this post...gorgeous..I feel full of magic now..
    hugs..this was blissful!
    Victoria

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  4. And another one of your amazing art-in-the-box work! Love it in the first second I saw it...:-)
    The umbrella is so beautiful...Makes me wonder: where do you get your inspiration to all the people you drawing? (it is the HARDEST thing for me to draw Portrait...)

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    1. Dear Hagar, for my faces i usually use photos(brocante finds or new ones) and a mirror; a photo to get the shape and proportions right, a mirror to look at my own face with different expressions.
      I try to work out a face that relates to the rest of the painting and so in the end i'm painting an imaginary girl but to me she is very real in some way.
      Here i used the same photo as i did in an other drawing challenge: http://strokeofthebrush.blogspot.com/2011/10/drawing-challenge-bottles.html

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  5. your boxes are sooo beautiful! (I saw the fabulous last post, too!) and the butterfly umbrella is fantastic. I'll paint a butterfly on my cheek...
    have a nice sunday!

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  6. Lovely images Renilde - the boxes are like a delightful little theatre set, your butterfly umbrella makes me think how nice it would be to actually have an umbrella with butterflies on it - it would brighten up a rainy day.

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  7. your boxes are magical. and here again the umbrella theme ... beautiful!

    ♥tatjana

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  8. Dear Renilde,
    as Patrice has said, I've liked already the first view on the outcuts of the butterflies. I've thought about a garland.
    The swarm of butterflies forming an umbrella... wow, a great idea! Fantastic painting, dear.

    x Ariane.

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  9. the shadow box is my favorite! Of course your painting is beautiful too ;) xo!

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  10. your shadow box is such a wonderful trick! i bet they flutter in there, do they?
    and butterfly shades! imagine the pattern, dappling sunshine filtering through...
    ha. summer. heat. and wings...
    n♥

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    1. yes they do flutter , they hang on a very thin thread so the slightest breath makes them move.x

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  11. ha, i'm in love with the second image and the beautiful! the result, the box is amazing, and of course i love that wonderful fluttering umbrella too. so very, adorable, you dear renilde! xx, julia

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  12. sólo los ojos ya evocan las alas de una mariposa

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  13. Wonderful, wonderful.... i love butterflies, i love the box, i love the painting that makes me smile and hoping it's spring very soon.
    xoxo

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  14. Hi Renilde, great job!!!
    Congratulations!!!
    Are you anxious for the Spring to arrive? :)
    XO
    Have a good week !!!!

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  15. Sensitive, I can feel the lightness of the butterflies..

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  16. Renilde, I love these boxes you have been making lately! Your work always feels like I am watching a drama or a dance unfold, the same sort of magic one feels at the theater, being drawn into a strange new place with different rules and meanings - and these boxes add to that effect of a world contained within a small space! Lovely!

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  17. Hello Dear Nadine,

    I am loving your shadowbox work of late! I have been in that frame of mind too but am far less productive in the studio than you! You inspire me to get a move on! Thank you!
    isn't it wonderful, all the shared ideas? You and Rachel with wings in your hair. :)

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  18. Your butterfly-box is adorable! I'm a huge fan of 3D paper arts and mobilés, already made some by myself.
    Also great idea to use a butterfly umbrella for sun protection in summer, I'll try to find butterflies that will do that job for me. ;-)

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  19. hello, could you tell me where i can find this kind of umbrella???
    it's very nice! ♥

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  20. A beautiful lady with her butterfly umbrella in the Renilde-blue!!
    Nice work!!!!

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