This greedy little pelican, a doodle drawn for feast week in the 52 Week Illustration Challenge back in 2014, just returned from being on holidays at a friend’s beautiful retreat in Warburton, Victoria. (You can find the retreat here if you’d like to book a stay.)
As a result partly of the sunlight and partly of the unorthodox materials used to produce the drawing (for more info go here!), I noticed that the fish parts and wave pattern had faded to rather a nice sepia colour.
I probably should have left it that way. But it seemed to be calling to me like this…
Judy, Judy, colour me in! Pleeeease colour me in, I beg you!
[repeat and intersperse with pitiful whimpering]
Being a soft hearted thing, and fond of pelicans, I did as I was asked with the following result.
I’m pretty sure I prefer the original grittiness and I’ve got a bit of a tummy ache from the chips I was eating at the same time.
But boy was it fun!
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Nup! Love your update, chip crumbs and all.
Green’s my favourite colour! This is so cool!
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Oh well that’s good news! I think I have a bit of a red and teal fetish of sorts. But I’ve noticed that my teal shows up on mobile devices as a rather feisty green. Glad you like it :-) ha ha!
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very nice!
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Can’t tell you how much I love this drawing, it’s so unmistakably yours, that pelican is knockout, and I love both versions 😉
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Oh thanks Phil! Sometimes I wonder if any of my drawings are unmistakably mine. It’s good to hear I have a recognisable hand. :-)
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