Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Leaf - Complete

"Colors of Fall" copyright by Valerie Jones
7"x5" Colored Pencil on Stonehenge paper
I am finished with the leaf! It took approximately 15 hours to complete and I used 49 colors. I might change the name of the piece later to something more catchy.
Hope you are having a wonderful day!

7 comments:

Rose Welty said...

Valerie, this is lovely...very eye-catching. Oh, the patience for 15 hours and 49 colors!

Well done.

Jo Castillo said...

This is exquisite. I am amazed. How did you fare in the storms. We had measurable rain, wind and lightening. Hope all is well.

Valerie Jones said...

Thank you Rose and Jo. We fared pretty good in the storms. A tornado was spotted two or so miles west of us but moved to the northeast. We were all scared and had our closet cleaned out to jump in at a moments notice. And all my son was worried about was if he was going to get to eat supper! LOL

Teresa Mallen said...

Hi Valerie,

This is gorgeous! I always find that the hours one put in are well worth it. There are lots of techniques people use to speed up working with cps but for me I love the special quality that patience and time yields. You go girl!

Valerie Jones said...

Thank you, Teresa! I haven't found a way to speed up working with cps either. I agree that working with cps teaches people about the gift of patience and endurance.

Jo Castillo said...

I came back to look at this again today. It is so beautiful. When you kept working on it and said you had more to do, I thought, what else can she do. But the finish is just wonderful. Sigh..........

Valerie Jones said...

Thank you, Jo! I hope to have some prints and cards of this available in the next week or two on My Etsy shop.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5442915