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Great piece!!!

Hi..I love this stuff you got man,its really great work!!

Congrats Edrian! Yours deffinetly deserved to win.

Thank you! I'm thrilled! :)

Congrats Edrian!

Nice tribute, I love it! :)

Very impressive work. Great style and clarity.

Thank You!

looks great!

So nice and sweet, I like it a lot. Good work!

Cute. Love the water and the colors.

i've seen your seasons' series before and i very like these works! great idea to paint these from the same viewpoint and your composition is excellent to show us a whole land in the backround with a lonely tree in the forefront - which one is changing its looking season to season. my favourite is fall :) because it has fantastic colours and i like so much leaves on it.

I think this illustration is beautiful, but I don't know why the boy is burning ants. Kind of sad.

Krisztina-Thanks for your comment. I always like your input!

That's a good point about the ants Christy. I didn't intend it like that. Usually the bug collection canisters have a magnifying glass so you can inspect the bugs and see them up close. This boy is just simply looking at the ants through the magnifying glass to decide which one he wants for his bug collection.
I may need to revisit this one and give him something different to hold...

Yes, very nice composition. As a suggestion - because the boy is holding the magnifying glass so far away from his body, i can see why some would get the impression that he is burning the ants. Holding it far away from his body would allow light through the magnifying glass and giving the impression that he is observing from further away, and thats what makes it seem like he is burning the ants - if he has the magnifying glass closer to his eye, that would give people the idea that he is just looking through it and not harming those poor little ants! Think about how you would hold it - it would be much closer to your face.
None the less, great job! I like your colours also! It still seems very happy to me.

ahh, I'm so sorry, of course he is observing them. Shannon hit the nail on the head about the closeness of the mag. glass to the childs eye. BUT, regarless of your childs evil, and deadly intent (just a joke) It's a wonderful piece.

Shannon - I did kind of struggle with the idea and had the magnifying glass closer, but then I thought, realistically he would not be able to see the ants from that far away, even with a magnifying glass. (does it matter if he can't?).

I am so glad for you input and for Christy's because it confirms that I need to resolve this magnifying glass 'thing'...
I actually started to do a little research about bug catcher's and such and I think I may be able to resolve it by converting the magnifying glass into a small net.
Otherwise, I may need to rework the entire pose etc... which would be an interesting exercise.

I will re-post it when I'm done re-working it. THANKS for your input! :)

I would love to see it! :)

Love the squirrel!

Nice piece. The color is brilliant. I also like how the direction of the subjects gaze (both the boy and the squirrel looking down to the right) gives the composition some dynamics.

Welcome to MondayArtday.

Hi, Edrian.
I like how your illustration layers. Little boy in the forefront, then grassy knoll, tract of farmland, hills and trees, etc. Mostly, though I like how the sun is behind the big leafy branch. Such a simple piece with tremendous depth.
Mary
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