Wednesday, 2 March 2011

winter flight

As you can see I'm still in winter mode. It's ffffreezing here despite being the 2nd March. Swarm is the theme for Illustration Friday this week and I always thought it was only used for insects, however looking it up on wikipedia - it says 'collective behaviour exhibited by animals of similar size which aggregate together, perhaps milling about the same spot or perhaps moving en masse or migrating in some direction'.
I took a photo on a frosty Boxing day morning of geese flying through the early morning sky which inspired this illustration.
© 2011 nicky linzey for illustration friday
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10 comments:

  1. Karen2 March 2011 at 15:00

    Love your work!

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  2. Vicki Smith2 March 2011 at 17:12

    Such beautiful detail in your tree and a nice feeling of depth and space. It truly feels as if spring will never arrive, right?

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  3. Coreopsis2 March 2011 at 19:01

    So so beautiful. This really captures what it's like when the birds are moving. Sometimes it seems like no matter where you look, there's a line of birds. Gorgeous tree and gorgeous birds.

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  4. Debbie Clandening3 March 2011 at 01:11

    Really lovely. I love how you've done the tree. Honking geese are great.
    Deb

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  5. Megan Coyle4 March 2011 at 15:29

    this is gorgeous! the pastels really work well together and what a fun composition.

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  6. Tami Cohen4 March 2011 at 20:47

    ooooo so wonderful... i love the white outline of the tree... and yes, this is very wintry. today looked like spring, but felt like winter here

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  7. Caroline5 March 2011 at 08:01

    Love the colours you've used in this piece -and 'winter flight' is the perfect title with that gorgeous frosty tree! Hope it warms up soon for you!

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  8. Amanda Dilworth9 March 2011 at 12:52

    Love the tree Nicky, feels frosty and beautiful:)

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  9. get zapped15 March 2011 at 22:35

    Great colors and the tree is awesome! I love the sense of hope in this. Beautiful work as always. Thank you.

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  10. justdoodleit24 May 2011 at 05:12

    Nice frosty tree...captures the indifferent coldness of winter very well.

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