i had this picture in my head of a faerie spring queen with lots of colourful flowers in her head and i started drawing her. i then realized that i had to be unconsciously inspired by one of my favourite elfwood artists A. Kajsa Flinkfeldt (who is also part of one of my guided tours). the woman on her "autumn" picture has similar huge hair going up like this faerie queen. it was quite funny when i realized it - how pictures can get stuck inside you sometimes and make you do similar things:)!
so i had my character set up and i knew she had to be looking at some small thing, but i couldn't quite figure out what exactly. i then suddenly had this idea with my other character, the heelige forg:)! i decided to draw a baby forg who had never seen a faerie this close before, so he is very shy and afraid of her because he still can't really figure out whether she is nice or evil *g*. i ended up loving him:)!!! it was also the first time i drew one of my existing characters again, and i'm planning some more pictures like that.
the scan turned out really badly :(, the picture does look much better in real life!!! also, it was too big to get it all scanned so a small part of the forg's tail and her wings are missing:( hm... but i'm still quite happy with it:)!
watercolours, coloured pencils and whiteout. (2005)
Yes! Finally a first comment! Well, you've done it again. I do like the expression of the frog-thing's face, it's adorable. The woman's face seems slightly amused as well. Wow. And her hair! How long did it take you to make that amazing hair? Stephanie S. K. Marbach replies: "wuaaah, i'm SO glad you commented on this one - it has been waiting for a very long time... thanks a lot for your wonderful comment! oh, the hair things - they took me an awful lot of time to finally finish them... specially the white dots - because some dots wouldn't be good because of lack of paint (well, tip-ex;-)) and so i had to go over them again... pffff... thanks again"
She is so beautiful, like spring should be Aww, so pleasant to watch this at the beginning of winter*lol* Love her expression and the flowers in her hairdo. Little frog is lovely too Stephanie S. K. Marbach replies: "thanks janna!!! yeah, it cheers up winter time a bit, doesn’t it;-)? i’m glad you like it! that little green thing is actually not a frog, but a forg... an invented little creature;-) hehe. thanks"
I love her long ears and large hair-do, with all the little pearls. A really lovely elf-portrait! Stephanie S. K. Marbach replies: "thank you wendy - i’m very glad you like it! i really like the hair, too!"
I like this a lot!!! Stephanie S. K. Marbach replies: "wow, kajsa... i feel terribly honoured about your comment - specially since it was your beautiful fall picture which unconsciously inspired this fairy... thanks so much for taking time to stop by and comment, i really appreciate it! and thanks so much for your inspirations, too!!!"
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