Thursday, November 4, 2010

While we are on the subject of Bears...

My grandfather (Papa) was a wonderful man and incredibly creative. He would carve the most amazing, detailed Santas out of blocks of wood and also woodland animals and paint them colorfully.


I once asked him to make me something for my birthday and he carved me a family of bears which I treasure. I quickly sketched and painted them about a year or so ago and thought I would post them today.





                                      
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5 comments:

  1. gretchenNovember 4, 2010 at 12:24 PM

    so happy to finally see the finished pieces ... I really like the pencil sketch (especially the feet on the bear sitting down!)

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  2. AnonymousNovember 4, 2010 at 6:59 PM

    what a wonderful gift that you can cherish always... I'm partial to the watercolor rendition, but both are wonderful as usual, KJ!

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  3. gretchenNovember 7, 2010 at 9:31 AM

    Love the updated group shot photo ... nice styling and composition!

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  4. Kristin G JacksonNovember 7, 2010 at 1:05 PM

    : ) Thanks. Originally I included a walking stick for the back bear and a few fish on a string for the baby bear, but I thought maybe it felt over-propped : )

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  5. AnonymousNovember 9, 2010 at 7:17 AM

    Aw Papa would have loved this. So sweet and love the 3 takes on the bears. Beautiful sister! And I'm with Gretchen, I love the feet of the small bear in your sketch. :)

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