legendary - IF - 3/13
illustration friday's theme this week (3/13/09) was "legendary," and i was inspired to create this picture of someone i feel has been legendary in the music industry and pop culture in american society. this picture measures 15" x 22" and is done on stonehenge natural 90# paper w/ a prang #23 sepia colored pencil. it will be sprayed w/ a working fixative for protection until framing.this was supposed to be just a small picture to encourage myself to get back into doing artwork, but my daughter said she would love to have a picture of elvis to put in their bedroom with the lyrics of "love me tender," which was the song played at her wedding. because of that stated wish, i felt compelled to make this picture big enough to be used for what she wants to use it for. this picture fulfills 2 things -- it gave me an inspirational project to work on and will hopefully provide a piece of art for my daughter's enjoyment.
posted by jill at Thursday, March 19, 2009
45 Comments:
Excellent work on this one Jill! You captured the likeness very well, and he is a truly a legend indeed.
love the work. so happy to see you doing art work again. hope to see much more. xoxo jerry
Wow...you never cease to amaze me. This is a beautiful piece! You are so talented!! P
REALLY REALY good!!!!!! Thanks for sharing. mary carol
Wonderful piece!
keep working
Jill,
Great work. See ya. Uron.
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Good job!
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Very nice and beautifully captured likeness ! You must do more art !
regards,
Barbara Smock
That's neat! Well done, love the style!
How beautiful! Crafting is very good therapy.
Really nice work, Jill! Thanks for sharing!
Robin
Can't go wrong with the King! Great job!
Jill, this is wonderful. I'm so glad to see your beautiful artwork again. What's next ? :))
Rita
This is fantastic.
Wow! Good choice for IF. I like this. I went to Graceland in October and my husband and I were surprised at what a transformative experience it was. We went from knowing just a little about Elvis to reading voraciously about him.
Wonderful work, Jill! I hope this will be the start of a creative streak for you. A year is too long to go without art!
Thank you for sharing this picture....I never realized you are such a wonderful and talented artist....this is just amazing...hope you continue to post your work
I love Elvis, great piece your daughter will love it.
Wow! Jill what wonderful work! I was raised on Elvis (I even named my big fat orange kitty after him) - you did a great job! Thanks for sharing with us - Reva (Los Angeles)
Very nice Jill! Lovely piece. Hope you send us more! Jane
That is wonderful, Jill! My sister was and is a huge Elvis fan and no doubt would love this. Great work! I love the sepia tone.
John
Awesome, Jill!
Keep it up.
Ken
Jill,
That is beautiful. I love it. Your daughter will be thrilled.
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Thanks, Jill, for sharing your work. It was interesting to read your blog about the painting...your daughter is getting a wonderful gift.
Janet
good for you ! ive been in a lull too and it is hard to get back to
creating.
nice work
syl
Hi;
Glad to see you back to creating:) I'm slumping right now, my creative side must be on vacation.
Suann
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Jill,
You are very talented, and I really am impressed by this piece. So by doing this piece, do you feel that you are into the swing of things?
Brett
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Great piece! I do love "The King".....yummmm. I'll bet your daughter loves this one.
Stacey
Great work Jill and I had to show my mom whose a huge Elvis fan....she loved
it.
Larry
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Very nice Jill
Bobbi
Really well done! I can see your daughter will love it.
Sherre
I LOVE this, Jill...am lurking on another group with you and saw it there, so am very glad to keep my anonymity there by saying here how much I admire it. Just wonderful!
Jen
Jill,
Nice to see you back.
Love the choice of image and the story was just as fun to see.
Thanks for sharing.
Shelly
INCREDIBLE!!!!!!
cindy jones
you did a really good job on it, thanks for sharing!
Elaine
Great job !! I hope you will continue. I could almost hear "Love Me Tender" in the background when I saw the picture.
Harry
Congratulations, Jill, on a piece of artwork of an outstanding entertainer. I'm sure your daughter appreciates this fine piece of art. Great work in sepia.
Donn
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H, Jill ... You definitely captured him. Was this done with inks? Get back
into art, girl, it's good for the soul!
Nola
Jill, I think your inspirational piece is wonderful. It will go very well with the lyrics on her wall. I love the tone and the subject as well as the song. You have chosen a pose of him at the peak of his career and that works well.
Now, don't let that inspiration fall.
Keep On Creating!
Vincent
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Excellent likeness. My late friends worked in Hollywood with him. One was a make up artist and her husband a photographer.He left me several of his pictures of Elvis and this reminds me of one of them posterized. Good Job!
Eva
So... I am the lucky daughter who will soon have this picture hanging on my wall! And y'all are right, I love it, I'm lucky to get it, I appreciate the gift, it's fabulous, she should get back into art, she should post more than once a year, etc!!!
I love this, and I'm thinking this may be your best creation yet!!!
LOVE YOU!
~ Sum
Absolutely Fabulous!Annie
Great picture of Elvis. He still 'sends me'when I hear his music - just shows my age. Jean uk
I bet it felt great to get that done! I know when I was able to go back to journaling after a "dry" spell, it was exhilirating!
Cathy
Hi Jill, though I'm not an Elvis fan (!) I can appreciate your work anyway! Keep up the good work!
Cynthia Padilla
art instructor
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