This piece is from a tutorial by Eulalia Mejia for A Year of Magic and Fairy Tales. Her reference is to "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde. The tale is "The Prince and the Swallow," the tale is of selflessness and love featuring a statue of the prince who, with the swallow's help gives away his jewels and gold to help the city's poor. The Happy Prince wasn't happy, when he saw the city's poor suffering. It's a sad tale.
Eulalia uses acrylic paints throughout the project. I don't paint in acrylics and substituted gouache paints. Instead of painting a sheet of paper with acrylics for the background, I used Stonehenge black cold press 240 lb. watercolor paper. The gems were painted on computer paper. The snowy city was drawn on the black paper with a white Prismacolor pencil. I used Carn D'Ache cryons for the snow on the roofs.
Challenges:
https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/04/april-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html
https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/04/challenge-202604-april-2026-anything.html
https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/04/classic-design-challenge-04-2026-marapr.html
https://creativecrafterschallenge.blogspot.com/2026/04/challenge-99.html
Very nice! Thanks for sharing with us at A Place to Start! Hugz, Chana
ReplyDeleteLovely story behind the painting Carla. Thank you for joining us at A Place to Start.
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It's beautiful, Carla! Thanks for joining us at 613 Avenue Create. I hope we see you on the front porch again soon!
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It's still beautiful, Carla. Thanks for joining us at A Place To Start. I hope we see you again soon!
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THe flowers and buildings are so striking on black!Thanks for accepting the challenge at A Place To Start !
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