Passionflower's Fairy-Dragon

Draghetto03

"I thought that it would be nice to make a series of painting about Fairy-Dragons and Flowers.
So, after the Roses, I decide to draw one of my favorite flowers: the Passionflower.
Since Passionflowers have a very exotic appearance, I imagined that their Fairy-Dragons (who are also their guardians and caretakers), should camouflaging like many exotic animal are used to, in order to survive. ^_^
It took me about 7 hours to finish it.
I can't wait to draw another Fairy-Dragon... I only need to decide which flower should I chose...Uhm.... It's hard! XD

Tacniques used: colored pencils, watercolors and poster paint on canvas."

The Lazy Bee

L'ape pigra01

"Now that the illustrators that will be exposed in this year's gallery at the Children's book fair in Bologna are chosen (and - of course - I'm sadly not one of them), I can show one of the 5 illustrations that I sent, here on my blog. ^_^
I'll post my favorite: the snake and the bee.
The theme is taken from one of Horacio Quiroga's tales described in the book South American Jungle Tales, in particular The lazy bee.
It took me several hours to finish it, because I used a very slow tecnique, which is engraving on cardboard.
All the white parts that you can see in fact, are in reality a hole on the cardboard.
Even if I wasn't chosen, I'm still happy because I had fun to do my illustrations, so I'm proud that I have tried my best. EHEHEH!

Tecnique used: engraving on black cardboard."

Roses Fairy-Dragon

Draghetto02

"In the last weeks I found myself drawing cute dragons everywhere! (Well, actually I TRY to make them cute... ^_^' eheheh!).
This time I tried to represent a Fairy-Dragon (so a simple dragon but with butterfly wings).
I decided to draw it in a rose garden because I'm not so good in draw roses (they usually seem like a bunch of savoy cabbages! BUAHAHAHAHAH!  Dreadful! XD), so it was also an excuse to improve. ^_^
It took me 2 days to finish it, but it was quite fun to colour it!

Tecnique used: watercolors, coloured pencils and poster paint on canvas."

Sitting Fairy

Fatina02

"I started by drawing a simple girl, but as usual she became a fairy! IHIHIH XD
I wanted to give her an appearance of shyness through her posture and the look in her eyes, moreover I find her big ears, eyes and feet kinda cute!  ^_^
( I also wanted to try a little bit of prospective, which is one of my weakness ç_ç... I'm still trying to improve my skills! So please, be gentle...IHIHIHI! ^_^)
Tecnique used: pencil."

Chubby Little Dragon

Draghetto01

"I wanted to draw something cute, something that I would love to have waiting for me at home while wagging its tail... IHIHIHI! ^_^
I'm delusional as always! AHAHAHAH! XD
Hope that you adore it (as much as I do!) ! ;)

Tecniques used: pencil, coloured pencils and PC"

Mystic Unicorn

Mystic Unicorn

"Even if the Unicorn is my favorite mystical creature, even if I drew thousand and thousand of them, this is only the second time that I post a Unicorn on my blog (the first one is a puppy though).
Yesterday I was feeling like I had to draw something in turquoise... Some time ago I started this Unicorn with a pencil and so I thought it was the perfect time to finish it. ^_^
I decided to place him in the water, because it is known that water is the element from which it takes his power.
I'm sorry that the quality of the picture is pretty low, I'll fix it as soon as I can! ;)
Hope that you like it! ^_^

Tecniques used: ink and Watercolor"

Xmas Pixie

Folletto di Natale01

"This little Pixie is my new mascotte for this year's Xmas.
A very happy Xmas to everyone (as always, in delay! XD AHAHAHAH!)!!!
Best wishes for the New Year!!!   \(^o^)/
Kisses!!! :*

-Illy'88-

(Tecniques used: ink and watercolor)"