Fairy folks..........

I have been busy looking for pictures to keep on my new computer. I have always been fascinated by fairy folks. They are so incredibly beautiful.

They inspire peoples imagination. They inspire creativity. They inspire art and crafts.
So, here to enjoy are a few of my favourites.A walk in the glades of the woodlands you may see something unexpected

The art of fairy, is so beautiful. They can be naked without being crude because they are fantasy creatures. Tiny little beings that flit hither and yon.

Hiding under the toadstalls and among the blades of grass

They are so small they can sleep in a birds nest among the eggs, or sit upon a finger

They love the Beck and the banks of the streams to sit among the flowers.

Do you think about the fairy folk as you walk among the flowers, and you come across a fairy ring in the open meadow.

Fairies sitting on a mushroom or toadstall maybe? Were they dancing all night? and sleeping the day away after the sun comes up?

Just a sweet few of my pictures. The artists are awesome and I love to try to emulate them. In no way can I even come close......... but the fun is in the looking.Enjoy these and soon some more.
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Winter dreams.............

When winter comes we think of Jack Frost and maybe the Winter Queen. Or is it just my English fantasy? I remember reading fairy stories as a child. It left me with a sense of wonder when I see that first snow. It doesn't last long, but I really think there are not many people who loose that awe of waking up to the first snow. One looks out over a virgin blanket of snow...........now turned to a crystal field of white under the moonlight. It sparks that childish sense of awe again and brings back the child. I would sit in my bedroom window. Chin in hands and with nose against the window. I would trace the frost patterns and stare at the sky. The snow blurring the light from the lamp post at the top of the road, there the houses ended and the fields began. Never sure what I might see. Fairy's sprinkling fairy dust that made the snow silver and gold, little fairy folk who glittered among the snowflakes. Sitting on the branch of trees hiding and keeping watch. Who were they watching for? The Winter Queen? The Fairy Queen? I don't know I always fell asleep before I caught a glimpse but sometimes I wonder if before my eyes were quite shut I might just see something stir, something coming................ I am sharing this post on The Dedicated House. On Make it pretty Monday I want to thank Kathryn for hosting the event.

Beautiful mystery............

How much more beautiful could anything be than the Unicorn. The mythological beast. Is it really a myth? Take a look and you tell me.......is it wild imagination, or something from a perfect world of long ago? We see the crests of waves break against the shore and can almost see those White horses............... especially when the crests are blowing in the wind throwing up clouds of mist above the wave. It does not take a lot of imagination to see them. This beautiful grove could be the home of any of those beautiful creatures but looks like a fairy is hanging out there today When I was little I remember reading a book "Rupert the Bear" and one of the stories was about the Mare's nest. Well for some reason it really sparked my imagination and so for that reason I must include the Pegasus among those beautiful beasts of yore. Mystic Horses Mystic horse with rainbows run, Golden horn that shines in the sun. She hides from humans watchful eye, The very last refuse to die. They dwell in hidden secret glen. Remnants of a time when..... Eden was right here on earth. Gone now till man can prove his worth. May 2012 JKS

More rough drawings.............

I am sketching at the moment in the hopes of doing something I can paint. I am not sure yet what I want to accomplish. I am working on composition and proportion and perspective. Not quite getting things right but here are what I did yesterday.



Fairies are what I am doing most it seems

This one is a bit scary.



I tried a nude its easy to see the errors once you post the picture haha



I am quite happy with this one however



All my drawing is done freehand. I may look at something, another picture or painting, a photo for an idea, but I draw without the use of anything else. When I took one watercolour class I was shocked to find some of the local artists (and good ones) trace or use a light box to project their chosen picture onto their paper. To me that seems like cheating. However, one person had a point......when doing a building, in order to get the proportions correct, one should use a light box. I have never yet done that. So these drawings that I show on this blog will unless I say otherwise me freehand.