"Pigeon" illustration from Nancy Standlee for my "Dreams of the Turtle King" beach poem book.
The poem is THE PIGEON and the illustration is for a stanza in the poem ...
"The pigeon struts
down the beach..."
It always struck me as odd to see a lone pigeon on the beach. Seagulls (another poem!) and pelicans (another poem!) and sand pipers, yes, but a pigeon? The pigeon always looked like the odd man out and so out of place by the water. Maybe he had lost his way and was trying to get directions back home!
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
The Pigeon 13085, a Watercolor Illustration for the Beach Poems, Dreams of the Turtle King, written by Denise Bossarte and Illustrated by Nancy Standlee
The Pigeon 13085
11x10"
Bockingford Rough 140 lb watercolor paper, pen and ink
Nakimi Pen with Lexington Gray Ink
This painting is an illustration for a book of poems, Dreams of the Turtle King, written by Denise Bossarte that should be available on Amazon around first of December, 2013. Denise is a Texas photographer and a member of Artists of Texas.
This is illustration No. 4 and I had 20 more to do, at the time. I worked on these each day, posting them on my Daily Paintworks Gallery and website and Facebook, sending them to Denise to be scanned, and matting in a 14x11 mat and shipping when sold, and allow 2 weeks for the painting to be mailed if you purchase.
Please like our Facebook page Dreams of the Turtle King
My paintings are available on the Daily Paintworks gallery page HERE.
I have an ArtByte, an affordable collage tutorial available HERE.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
The poem is CIRCLE DANCE...
"Circle Dance" illustration from Nancy Standlee for my "Dreams of the Turtle King" beach poem book.
The poem is Circle Dance and the illustration is for a stanza in the poem ...
"A flock of seagulls
is flying in the sky,
crossing and swirling..."
The seagulls were moving nearly all the time around the beach. This particular morning they almost seemed to have a specific pattern to their movements, a silent communication to produce a lovely circular dance over the water.
The poem is Circle Dance and the illustration is for a stanza in the poem ...
"A flock of seagulls
is flying in the sky,
crossing and swirling..."
The seagulls were moving nearly all the time around the beach. This particular morning they almost seemed to have a specific pattern to their movements, a silent communication to produce a lovely circular dance over the water.
Book proofing update...
We've moved through the formatting challenges and are now in the proof stage!
I am playing around with font size and cropping/not cropping images and such.
Soon I will have that settled and can give the proof to a couple of "editors" in my lift to review.
We are nearing the home stretch, folks!
I am playing around with font size and cropping/not cropping images and such.
Soon I will have that settled and can give the proof to a couple of "editors" in my lift to review.
We are nearing the home stretch, folks!
Monday, November 18, 2013
Circle Dance 13087 a Watercolor Illustration for the Beach Poems, Dreams of the Turtle King, written by Denise Bossarte and Illustrated by Nancy Standlee
Circle Dance 13087
11x10 watercolor, pen and ink
Bockingford Rough 140 lb paper, Nakimi Falcon pen, Lexington Gray Ink
Please like our Facebook page Dreams of the Turtle King
My paintings are available on the Daily Paintworks gallery page HERE.
I have an ArtByte, an affordable collage tutorial available HERE.
This painting is an illustration for a book of poems, Dreams of the Turtle King, written by Denise Bossarte that should be available on Amazon around the first of December, 2013. Denise is a Texas photographer and a member of Artists of Texas.
This is illustration No. 6 and I had 18 more to do at this time. I worked on these each day, posting them on my Daily Paintworks Gallery and website and Facebook, sending them to Denise to be scanned, and when the illustrations are returned I will mat in a 14x11 mat and ship when sold, and allow 2 weeks for the painting to be mailed if you purchase.
Original fine art and affordable prints can be found at:
Website: http://nancystandlee.com
Purchase Paintings:: http://www.dailypaintworks.com/Artists/nancy-standlee-1131
Recent work: http://nancystandlee.blogspot.com
Facebook Fan Page http://facebook.com/nancystandleefineart
Follow me on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/NancyStandlee/
Affordable prints: http://nancystandlee.imagekind.com
Order personalized checks, side tear checks, checkbook covers and address labels with a choice of 20 of my paintings on them.
contact: NancyStandlee@sbcglobal.net
Sunday, November 17, 2013
The poem is BULLDOZER TREADS
"Bulldozer Treads" illustration from Nancy Standlee for my "Dreams of the Turtle King" beach poem book.
The poem is Bulldozer Treads and the illustration is for a stanza in the poem ...
"The tread marks
of the bulldozers
crisscross each other
on the sand..."
On occasion, there would be bulldozers out on the beach. The trash on the beach was handled mainly by volunteers who walked the beach in the early morning. But there were times when the seaweed (another poem!) would gather on the beach in large mats and then the bulldozers would come out sweeping up and down the beach to collect the seaweed. I never saw what they did with it!
Mostly I saw the tracks after they had done their job, but once in a while I would see them trudging along the sand, doing their work.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Bulldozer Treads 13089 a Watercolor Illustration for the Beach Poems, Dreams of the Turtle King, written by Denise Bossarte and Illustrated by Nancy Standlee
I
have completed painting 24 watercolor illustrations for a book of
poems, Dreams of the Turtle King, by Denise Bossarte and all the poems
will be about the beach. The book should be ready for publication in
December. Here is Bulldozer Treads 13089 and all of these images will be
available from my Daily Paintworks gallery and here is the link: http://www.dailypaintworks.com/Artists/nancy-standlee-1131
Please like our Facebook page Dreams of the Turtle King
Original fine art and affordable prints can be found at:
Please like our Facebook page Dreams of the Turtle King
Original fine art and affordable prints can be found at:
Website: http://nancystandlee.com
Purchase Paintings:: http://www.dailypaintworks.com/Artists/nancy-standlee-1131
Recent work: http://nancystandlee.blogspot.com
Facebook Fan Page http://facebook.com/nancystandleefineart
Follow me on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/NancyStandlee/
Affordable prints: http://nancystandlee.imagekind.com
Order personalized checks, side tear checks, checkbook covers and address labels with a choice of 20 of my paintings on them.
contact: NancyStandlee@sbcglobal.net
Denise Bossarte
Found Worlds Photography
Dreams of the Turtle King: Poems Inspired by South Florida Beaches by Denise Ippensen Bossarte
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