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"Green Man in Winter" by Mark Ivan Cole

SciFi/Fantasy Picture 36 out of 87 by Mark Ivan Cole. ←Previous - Next→

SciFi and Fantasy Art Green Man in Winter by Mark Ivan Cole

This fellow showed up in two evening sessions (three hours, total) after several months when I was too busy to do fantasy art. He was drawn completely from my imagination. I apologize if I'm mangling the myth of the Green Man with my title, but he looked to me like a Green Man in his waning season. I used mostly 6B, 2B, 1B, and 5H pencils to maintain the grainy tooth of the paper and still get a variety of tones. Graphite on Bristol board. Original size: 8x10in./20.32x25.6cm

Date	Name	Comment
8 Sep 2003	Kim Prizer	Loading... Hi Mark.. First of all i would like to agree with napoleone above..there is nothing wrong with a bit of constructive critism for one artist to another..but i've been blown away by some of the downright horrible thing some people have to say.... Now with all that out of the way (sorry it bugs me) he looks so wistful..i can actually see emotion in his eyes and mouth set..i think that must be so hard to do...what a wonderful job to envoke emotion in an inanimate object..GREAT job! Keep em comin!
12 Feb 2004	Nifkin	Loading... It's very uniqe I love it. I agree with the two above.
26 Feb 2004	Dawn	Loading... I have yet to post any of my own art here. Still browsing the galleries and finding all the treasures. This piece is truly a treasure! He seems to be remembering the days of spring and longing for them again. It creates real emotion. Is there room for improvement? When isn't there but its a magnificent piece that I for one would love to have hanging on my living room wall for ALL to admire. Good job.
27 Jun 2004	Gizmoboom	Loading... I think this has great details. I think this picture reminds me of the soul of a tree. If trees have a soul, this is what it could look like
7 Oct 2004	Just looking	Loading... Wow i really like this picture. The detail is great,it ouwld take me forever to do a picture like this one. a lot of time must have been put into this one.
8 Oct 2004	Akaylah	Loading... woah freakish! O.o!!!!
11 Dec 2004	Oonie oonagh Ryan-King	Loading... this work is powerful AND poignant. the "sinews" of "body" are also remarkable. probably THE most powerful "thing" about this work is its ability to produce such powerful projections. here's mine: i've never even THOUGHT of the greenman in anything other than green. as the greenman is not an evergreen, but oakish, there IS the great possibility of this mighty vulnerability of skeleton before springing leaves. the features are multi-cultured and i really like that, too. in the small image, this work has an african quality. bravo oonie The Rev'd oonagh Ryan-King sheela-na-gig scholar
14 Jan 2005	SmartAlek	Loading... Wow! I usually don't comment these days, but I absolutely LOVE this drawing! I agree with Dawn. He does seem to be longing for the green season! I love the detail of it! Absolutely fabulous.
15 Jan 2005	Lighting-phoenix	Loading... Well done! This definitely appears to be a woodlands spirit in the autumn of his existence. Most people don't realize that the green man has autumn and winter counterparts -- it's nice to see one of them.
6 Oct 2005	Jennifer	Loading... You are GREAT!!!!!!!
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