Challenge 28. February, 2013

Hearadh wrote

on 23 Feb 2013 3:15 AM

I have enjoyed all the chatter about the bears and wondered if it would like a companion? By the way my monitor wallpaper is of part of the galaxy...brilliant colours and cheers me up on a snowy, freezing day like today.

I collect teddy bears and this one has her own cushion. Pastel on dark Ingres paper.

Kim513 wrote

on 23 Feb 2013 4:33 PM

Sarah - This does have a warm glow that's very welcome during this cold spurt. Your bear looks ready for tea - very proper. Excellent detail and texture.

Hearadh wrote

on 24 Feb 2013 5:13 AM

Hello Jen,

I have around fifty bears......I blame it on the war (WW2) there were no bears/or toys available in those days so I appear to have made up for it by buying one in every country I visited in later years. I even have one which is six inches tall and is kneeling in prayer on my bedside table.

The bear is approximately A4 unframed. Pleased you like her.

Hearadh wrote

on 24 Feb 2013 5:17 AM

Hello Kim,

I hope there is still honey for her tea (Pooh Bear)!

Thank you for your kind comments.

B.J. Bailey wrote

on 24 Feb 2013 5:30 AM

Yes Sarah your bear does look very proper almost regal sitting on her cushion. She would have come in handy yesterday to warm up our day when we had a blizard go through and our world turned white for some time. The pastels give this such a nice soft appearance, just right for a teddy bear.

Hearadh wrote

on 24 Feb 2013 7:43 AM

Hello Bonnie,

thanks for saying such nice things.....snowing here too and bitterly cold. .I am uploading a Canadian Grizzly (water colour this time) so that the dentist may choose.

Berkenstock wrote

on 24 Feb 2013 3:58 PM

Hearadth Your bears are delightful.  Love the grizzly the DDS will love it.

A Gal Named Sam wrote

on 24 Feb 2013 4:20 PM

Sarah, this is a very nice painting of the grizzly bear.  I like the background, too. 

B.J. Bailey wrote

on 24 Feb 2013 8:22 PM

Sarah, very nice watercolour of the grizzly bear. I also like the background. This bear is not one you'd like to curl up with. We don't have grizzly's here, just black bears and a few too many of them but they are all hibernating now. You have really captured the bear and his surroundings.

C. Brown wrote

on 24 Feb 2013 8:25 PM

To Everyone...I'm so behind with my comments to all of you and I'm sorry for not being around to keep up. This has been a not so good month for me for some reason. I think the weather has had me in a real funk. I'm going to focus on next month and try to keep up.

I have looked back at everyone's drawings and paintings for this month and they are all great!

Kim513 wrote

on 25 Feb 2013 3:57 PM

Sarah - I have had the privilege of seeing quite a few of your works from PaintDoodles and this has to be one of your best, IMO. The bear and the background together make it superb.

C. Brown wrote

on 25 Feb 2013 8:22 PM

Sarah, your grizzly painting is wonderful. He has such girth to him and his coat looks so thick. I love the background work you've done.