@Coley I'd say you put your heart into this one

@RG-Spaulding @Jenna-Jenks check out children's books illustrated by Barry Moser (I have "My Dog Rosie" and "Our New Puppy") for beautiful examples of realism. I am in awe of the way he simplifies shapes, uses negative space and creates stunning designs against minimalist backgrounds, using light, shadow and color.

@Coley said in January WIP heart tracks:

if anyone is hanging around the forum and sees this, I did a little bit of work today. I moved the girl along and changed her gaze so she's looking kind of down (thought maybe then she's not looking out of the painting), but moving her I think made things a bit more balanced.
I might toy with making the tracks in the snow just regular tracks? I don't know if they need to be heart shaped seeing as the sign makes it quite clear it is the track of l.o.v.e lol

It does have a more balanced feel I think the heart tracks suit the text better than regular footprints. Maybe it's the romantic in me, but I see an inverted heart shape made by the lower branch, base of tree, girl's front and icicle ️

@chrisaakins said in Featured Student for February:

Well, not really an example of an illustration but I was greatly helped by many SVS classes in my painting of this work:
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@chrisaakins This is beautiful Chris! To me it is an illustration because I want to know where she is going, is she alone, why is she going there, why does she look sad and somewhat apprehensive?

@Jenna-Jenks I'm partial to your pup ️

@Jeremy-Ross said in Featured Student for February:

@AustinShurtliff
Gotta submit my “Ah-Will-Cado”! Get it?

love the title I can't remember when/where I saw this, but remember thinking it's a perfect Valentine card! ️

@Aleksey lighting in #2 is so great!

@Gustavo-Ruiz that first one really grabbed me during the critiques

@nadyart I saw your Little Red Riding Hood on IG--love it

@Laura-Mcmillan I LOVE haiku--this is so cool! This is one of my favorite books:
Wind in the Long Grass: A Collection of Haiku https://www.amazon.com/dp/0671679783/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_i_KNnkEbJXCFFMC