Have Frog, Will Travel

by Kirsten Talmage

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Have Frog, Will Travel

A pause, mentally running through the brief--but pleasant--stay here. But ready to go. Gear is packed, farewells are finished, the frog has had his breakfast, and the staff is in hand... No more to do here. Fond memories of the little hostel, but next leg of the journey awaits.

Black permanent ink and watercolors on 65 lb. Canson sketch paper---wholly unsuitable paper for the abuse I put it through while painting it. The original is about 7 inches by 7.5 inches. Began this in 2004, apparently, according to the work-in-progress posts: black and white, attempt at digitally painting it (yuck), first wash of color, and second wash of color.

Copyright 2006 Kirsten Talmage. Prints available though deviantPrints and Whimsical Dreams

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Fine Art Watercolor Fantasy/Mythical frog travel forest gnome elf

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Jamie Hansson

Jamie Hansson 16 Oct 2007

I think this came out beautiful! It's very magical! I love it!

Kirsten Talmage
Artist Reply: Thanks! I wound up getting myself a tote bag with this on it for my groceries. Seemed appropriate, somehow. *chuckle*
Bailey Hopper

Bailey Hopper 27 Jul 2007

The tree and the woods feel so real. I'd like to live there, excellent =)

Kerra Lindsey

Kerra Lindsey 26 Dec 2006

Your style is quite unique---very vibrant! This one stood out to me while looking through your site--would love the know the story behind it! :) -Kerra

Kirsten Talmage
Artist Reply: Thanks! The vibrancy is a little bit the fault of my trying to make the scan have the same feel as the original, which sort of seems to have slipped into intensifying the color. This had the odd effect of being even more saturated when it was printed in a 2007 calendar published by ellenmillion! (http://www.ellenmilliongraphics.com/fantasyart/emggroup.php?id=12) I actually don't have a story behind it -- it occurred to me, I painted it, struggling with figuring out the paints I was using on the paper that was hopelessly inappropriate for them *grin*.
Renata Cavanaugh

Renata Cavanaugh 25 Apr 2006

Adorable! Magical watercolor

Jassy Konopacki

Jassy Konopacki 25 Apr 2006

Beautiful, magical painting