Sunday, February 20, 2011

IF: "Layer"

I did this illustration for the Tomie dePaola Illustration Contest for the SCBWI Winter Conference in New York, end of Janruary. Alas it did not win- you can check out the winner on the SCBWI blog- here.
We had to illustrate the first few paragraphs of the classic story "Heidi" which describes her being taken up the mountain to stay with her crotchety grandfather- wearing "layers and layers" of her dresses in the summer sun.
This is NOT my favorite illustration- it isn't dynamic enough- the perspective is straight on, there isn't really anything exciting about it. I pulled back too far to get the village, the mountains, the flowers- I was so hooked on including all the "things" in the description, I forgot about the composition and the design.
Well..."lesson learned"!

5 comments:

  1. I love the colors you used for this! Really soft,pretty tones. Very nice!

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  2. Beautiful! Love your work here.

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  3. Wow Julia, your work is beautiful!

    I work in tissue paper collage myself, but I love sewing and stitching and quilting as well.
    - and I love moonflowers!

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  4. Given that it's not to your liking, the picture is so "Heidi" !!! You are a very talented lady, and thank you for sharing your Art with us so freely.
    Also thank you for popping by today, and leaving your kind comment :-)
    Happy weekend!
    D x

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  5. Ooooh!! Wonderful piece!!

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