Aw, they're so cute! A very special friendship indeed:)

How sweet! Love that!

ah, to have such sweet friends!

Love it :)

Adorable! I love the magical tree and the adorable pets.

They are so sweet!Love it!

Aww Kathy, your illustrations just get better and better (if that's at all possible!)Beautiful work!
Jess xx

Such a sweet drawing! I love the warm feeling of it, and how all the space is filled with branches.

It's wonderful!!

I love it ! ^_^

oh! such a wonderful mystery! love the mirror/door detail!

Very beautiful and haunting.

Magical:)

How I love! is really a mysterious story!
i love your style!!

So cute! I love your style and the wallpaper pattern is beautiful!

Amazing, wow! Love the detailed wood trim and wallpaper. Really cool.

Beautiful illustration Kathy!!! Great details and soft touch in your art!

So beautiful! Love everything in the illustration!

Excellent! I love the color and texture of the walls. This girl is so small in the vastness of this room.

This is a very sweet illustration :)

ah, you have captured Lonely beautifully.

the little ones expression and the background are sooo suitable for "lonely", really nice!

This is a lovely lovely illustration. So sensitive, and the colors so beautiful!

I agree with everyone above, this is perfect. Fantastic job!

Always such beautiful colors! So sweet and magical.

You captured lonely really well. Nicely done!!

Awesome .....great take on the theme! Nice to see you back!

Thank you! :)

Oh, poor dear. I want to hug him and kiss his darling head. oxx

Oh, moving !

Great design! And I love your soft, glowing colors and the mood they create.

Sweet :)

Oh no! He is too adorable. And he looks so sad - aaaah, I can't stand it. Just beautiful setting and colors.

Nice texture.

Sweet and a little spooky atmosphere you created!

He looks so soft and beautiful, he's sure to be found again! ;) beautiful illustrations Kathy, sorry I've not been out visiting blogs as much as usual lately, hope you're well! :)
Jess xx

Sweet! Love the colors and textures! Great one! :D

Simply beautiful! I love the softness of your work, and this piece is so well rendered. I love it!!

Great work! Love this!

Beautiful, wow! Fantastic detail in the hair and wings and the paper/magazine. And the feet!

I love your unique idea! The detail work is great.

quite wonderful and in so many ways. i love how much feeling you can portray with one color of pencil and an angel with the comics, that is fun. my father used that part of the paper to wrap his gifts in ....
love how her feet are wrapped around one another. such a charming piece Kathy.

It is a beautiful piece!!!!!

Simply lovely!

Awesome, love the image!

This IS beautiful! Love the soft featheriness and the elongated vertical view. Love it!

Lovely!!

Lovely!

Wow! This is totally spaced out! Great! Weird! Beautiful! The negative approach makes is really unreal and alienlike and far far away.

Very nice illustration for the theme!!

wonderful
and
wonderfully unique piece ~

Really cool the way you've done this. A little bit spooky! The sky is quite lovely.

That is fantastic!
love the glow around the character, great work!

This is great, very haunting!

Gee, eerie. Love the way that the hair morphs into the galaxy. Very creative!

Lovely!

So adorable!

Oh my, this beautiful personal touch makes special occasions even more memorable. It's elegant!

so sweet!

It's wonderful!!

Beautiful! I just love those rosy cheeks. And wonderful flower stem heart!

very sweet

What a beautiful illustration!!

Illustration très douce et joliment colorée. Good work !

oh.. so lovely beautiful illustration..!

Beautiful illustration !

Beautiful, and a perfect keepsake.

so sweet, love the stars in the light sky, they look like they are floating away ~

Wonderful artwork,love the softness and delicacy of the illustration!

Lovely colors and atmosphere!

what is it about a child and their teddy bear? love.

Sweet and magical!

Simply Beautiful! Love your work!

I just have to ask.... Have you illustrated children's books? If so, what is the title(s)?

Happy Painting!

Cheers,
~ Dana Marie

Love the colors! And I love the way you captured the spinning... ehem... twirling motion with the poses of the children.

Hi Kathy
This is just beautiful. I love jenny wrens:) Hope you are well? Blessings Julie xx

oh yes, i would love to see your wip!
This is quite charming and creative and those seed pods surely do twirl and I would love to hang from one like these children get to do! I think that would be more magical than swinging.

oh wow this is an awesome picture! i love the little kids, they're so tiny, like borrowers!love the sense of movement you've created too!

...thankyoU for such visual beauty! ~ looking forward to many more of your deliscious posts! ~ blessed be!...
...xXx...

this is absolutely gorgeous. Lovely stuff :)

I love the second drawing...much more depth and interest. Beautiful play with shade and light.

I love these... what a lovely illustration, you just embody childhood in your art. :)

so pretty!

Just wonderful!

This is adorable. Love it.

So pretty and soft. Beautiful illustration.

Very nice Color Use

Adorable! Like little pixie kids. I really admire the soft texture you always manage to achieve.

Beautiful illustration - the sycamore wings are perfect twirlers!

love the soft colors, super cute idea too.

Beautiful and very sweet! A wonderful interpretation!

Every time I see one of your illustrations, you make me long for childhood! It's beautiful

Adorable Kathy :)

I loved the childhood excitement of racing to catch those seed pods. They would twirl through the air. I don't think we ever knew the proper name for them. lol

Love your whimsical style.

Beautiful Kathy x

Excellent idea for a design!!
Love the color and movement :)

Beautiful:)

a very nice illustration!!

Hi Kathy, I have seen some of this blog and also some of your blog of portraits, and I've seen that you're an excellent artist
Congratulations!

So beautiful and interesting. I love this, could look at it all day. I agree with roberto- you're excellent.

It is a really cute illustration!!!! Always love your painting!!

Beautiful illustration! My baby boy loves it.

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Your work is inspiring - love the subtle color - you have mastered your medium!

This is really great! Such a beautiful pony and really nice patterns.

That's how you'd want a battle fought, with cuteness! That's the only battle, I'd want to be in. Wonderful illustration!!!

Absolutely gorgeous! The wall paper must have taken you forever! This illo has such a lovely gentle innocence about it - the colours are beautiful and the detail is amazing. Love it...

I love it ! ^_^

Gorgeous work as always.

This is very excellent!

I went back to my childhood. It's a lovely drawing :)

Absolutely stunning the way you make the surface of the picture glow with light!
Jess xx

Oh yes I agree with all of the above, your Illustrations are gorgeous. So sweet and well executed. Did you photoshop the wallpaper?? Anyway you are very talented, thanks for showing us your art.

Thank you for all of your kind words.. The wallpaper was created using layers in photoshop. It's something new I've been playing with.. I like experimenting but not sure that it's really right for my style of illustration.. I will have to see how it goes.. :)

How absolutely delightful! Very charming. I can't help but smile. I love the flowing mane and tail, too!

And your Grounded illustration is beautiful. I sure wish she could fly with them. :)

I soooo love your art!

always a pleasant to see ur creation Kathy (^_^). This one is remind me a thing, but hey u made it with a glorious ... like burst a big spirit! Cool:D

Kathy, you just get better and better! This is exquisite xx

~onguard...what a brave little one he is...full of ambition and drive...did he win his battle!?! a wonderful piece you have shared...be well and much love light and blessings be with you~

Absolutely Beautiful!

This is such a beautiful illustration! Love the textures!!

LOVE!

Really lovely!

Wow, that's beautiful, Kathy.

so beautiful.

very nice!

So sweet and loving! :)

So cute and touching:)

Awesomely lovely! <3

So sweet! I love it!

very sweet and beautiful - love the soft colors!

Very soft and sweet. Lovely colours.

Lovely!

Lovely and sweet!
Happy New Year. :)

So lovely, silent mermaid! <3
Beautiful lines, exquisite coloring!

Beautiful work.

So gorgeous, so divine! This reminds me of my daughter who loves fish. I love your beautiful iridescent colour!
Jess x x

Fabulous, colour and design, hauntingly beautiful, Gay xx

Wonderful colors ! Very soft and calm.

Oh...my. This just fills my eyes. How perfectly lovely. Your work is such an inspiration to me.

What a nice technique!

So beautiful and magical! I love her hair. You have such great talent!! :)

Everyone else has already said so! But it is quite beautiful. Also serene with a touch of melancholy. Loving the subdued colors and that great wave of hair. Always love your stuff!

Beautiful Kathy :)

Absolutely stunning, spiritually inspiring to let us travel into our inner worlds

your drawings have a lot of magic

This is lovely! What a beautiful color palette! And congratulations on your marriage :)

This is beautiful! I am so amazed how you can make everything so flawless and flow nicely, especially when there is so much going on. Is there any tip you have for coloring a background that has a lot of stuff like the fish, bubbles and sea plant.

I am an aspiring illustrator. And while it seems that watercolor, acrylic, and/or digital is the medium of choice for most illustrators, I would much prefer to do my art in colored pencil. But I keep on running into this problem creating a flawless, flowing texture. And this not something they teach you in school, so I would much appreciate any tips or resources you could give me!

Thanks everyone.. :)

@ Sarah, I tend to work at quite a large scale which helps with a drawing as complex as this. I use watercolour pencils (but don't add water!) as I like their texture and build up colour layer upon layer, which is quite time consuming but I love the effect it gives. I have been thinking about photographing my process stage by stage in the near future which I will post on my blog so please come back to take a look..

This is lovely :) i love all the colours and the compositions :D

Kathy,

this is so very beautiful and calming. I feel peace and depth as i look at it, beautiful!

This is just so lovely!

I can just hear the hush... Lovely!

This is sooooo lovely! Oh my... :)

Too beautiful for words.

Really beautiful, love the composition and the dreamy, reflective mood you have created.

Oh my word! How fabulous is she. She is beautiful. I love the flow of the hair. It's beautiful work. Hope that you are doing well.

What I can say,beautiful!

gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!!

My my MY! Absolutely gorgeous! I love the graceful and fluid motion. She has a truly beautiful face too. You always produce such exquisite work!

Very nice and dreamy. Magical!

absolutely beautiful!

this is so beautiful - love the shimmering hair - it is true, under water is where you'll find the silent sea

Congratulations :) Wishing you many years of happiness to come xx

Congratulations!!! Glad it was a wonderful day! :)

Congratulations! What a wonderful post to read. Wishing you many blessings.

Congratulations! Wish you the best. P.S. Love your illustrations.

Congratulations!!! What lovely news. :)

Congratulation to you both!!!! ^_______^

Congratulations! And the mice are lovely, too!

A huge congratulations to you, dear Kathy! May you both be blessed with so many more wonderful years ahead... oxx

Congratulations! He has found an amazingly beautiful person and I wish you both incredible happiness! :) :) :)

oh, how very lovely. I feel so happy for the two of you. Wishing you dreams come true, always and all ways. light and a smile to you.

Aaaaawwwwww!!! Congratulations Kathy! The illustration is so adorable. Many happy years together for the both of you. Tsup!

Thank you all so much... :)

Congratulations:)I wish you a long and happy life together:)

Congrats, Kathy on your marriage! May God Bless you both!

ooh, I love this. It's awesome. I'd like to have one.

this is quite excellent. do you have a materials list? i'd quite like to make one of these. [to replace my car, naturally.]

How absolutely wonderful! Both the dreams & the illustration! I love the spine-chain especially.

I hope I can borrow one of your dreams tonight!

This is really amazing!!

Divinely complex!

A bunny contraption! I’m in love.

You are a master with the pencil! I like the patch on his belly. Bit of humour. And now I see your name is Hare......

Your work is absolutely beautiful!

Gorgeous...it may be a mechanical rabbit, but it has such heart!

what a fabulous illustration! Just brilliant :)))

You have the most magical dreams! This is stunning work, I love him. X

this is incredibly creative of you, so wonderful! have you seen Bella Sinclair's post this week? you might enjoy her art.

Beautiful!

Wow Kathy!!! You are a MASTER of color pencil8 Your drawing is just beautiful, pensive and almost melancholic. Love the lighting!

What a meditative, dreamlike feeling in this drawing. And the pencils make it so soft. Beautiful!

Beautiful composition, and beautifully rendered!

I love your precious jewels and I'm always amazed at your patience for this beautiful, but intensive art-making process! :)

Really beautiful! I love how you used subtlety when tackling the concept!

Holy cow, this is fantastic. I absolutely love your work! = )

Oh dear, I wanted to yell RUN!.. and then I saw what she was sitting on! Fantastic!

ps. Hey Kathy, it's been a while, I haven't done IF in ages - thought I'd drop by and say hello. Hope you are doing well. x Alisa

Super fantastic!

amazing work!!!:)

Kathy this is so gorgeous. I love the glowing light. I want to be there! You've captured the 'mysterious' exeptionally well!xx

Waoh it's just beautiful Kathy ! ^_^

Wow! Beautiful Kathy. You're so talented x

I love how you create light with your pencils, a wonderful piece!

This is so dreamy and so lovely!

Lovely illustration as always, and many a little girl's dream.

So magical and beautiful, but I've learned that you give the best! :)

I always wonder how you are doing and what you are up to. Your art resonates with me so, that your absence in the blog world is felt. Love this like I love everything else you do. The colors and comp are amazing but it is those faces that are just so divine.

I love the uni's dapples! And what a nice, little pony-face!

Very lovely illustration

Lovely!!

Dreamy and beautiful :)

beautiful. I love your style

Breathtakingly beautiful.

Ooh, love the irridescence. Such prettiness. This totally appeals to the 5-year-old in me.

wow! i love this. I love the last illustration, too - what a great story.

Hello Kathy,

I love how you portray obsession. Your art always charms me. I love how you use color and every little detail.

Bless, good taste. Great work :)

he's wonderful, I especially love the bottom one

Lovely!

Très joli !

Wow! love it!!

Great concept for a story and you really came up with a wonderful character Kathy! Your backgrounds just bl;ow me away! Amazing!

this is such a wonderful idea, beautifully rendered :)

Love it!Great character:)

Fantastic illustrations Kathy! I can imagine him as an amnimation!xx

Esta bellisma, muy tierna.

very very cute ! ^_^

aw, so sweet.

So cute!!!!!

ahhhhhh so sweet

yup.. sweet & beautiful.
i love looking at the soft colors you used.

Sweet :)

Dear Kathy,
I found your blog recently. I like your drawings - tender and... pure! This little boy looks so happy and proud with all his paper boats!
As for the previous post - I prefer the bettered version of Shadows I, although the second one is much intriguing. I imagined that this is Thumbelina - I like that fairy tale very much and dream to direct in on puppet stage. One day...:)

cute, cute :)

cute :)

this is quite sweet
a perfect summer piece
or bathtub I suppose
charming

very sweet

I like it very much...quiet and sweet!

Love it!So cute:)

very sweet. I love the paper boats!

So sweet! Have a great weekend Kathy :)xx

Kathy, this is sooooo cuuuteee! I love the way you draw eyes. They are so tender and so innocent!

I love what you have done with the hues in the second version. She actually stands out more where in the first version my eyes went straight to the flowers. I am now pulled into the center of the piece and feel enveloped. Lovely work.

Beautiful artwork, I think both are fabulous and it depends what you would like to portray with the story. The first is cool shadows and underplays the girl and the second is much warmer in hue and she is more visible. Not a lot of help really:0) Gorgeous drawings, :0) x

My favourite is the blue because I love that deep ultramarine :) Your art is so lovely it would look amazing in any colour actually and that includes black and white!xx

The colors of the illustration below are well chosen, they suggest a mood of moonlight. I mean we get the impression that this scene is a night of moonlight is not it?And it has more contrast, but this one is also very nice but I really like the one below.(sorry for my english)

Personally I like the original. I like that she doesn't stand out as much and that your eye 'finds' her eventually. The colours also seem more natural whereas the altered one feels less vibrant. my 2 cents!

I've marked the final version a Favo(u)rite at your Etsy shop, but I must say the first is so mysterious... more ambiguous. Like lil kim, I like the gradual "find" of the figure.