Saturday, August 2, 2014

The Toad

Those of you who have followed my blog for awhile know that I love finding toads in our garden. Any kind of animal really that we don't see so often. I get most excited about snakes, then toads, lizards and frogs and then everything else. :) 
When I was a kid, I had a pet lizard for a while and named him Alexander. He was very tame. My dad had accidentally dug him up during winter and so I kept him and fed him all winter long and then let him be free again once it got warm enough. I might have to paint a lizard one of these days...
The photo above shows the colored background I played with for this.  Somehow while I was painting it, I kept seeing a toad in the finished piece. Maybe because we've been seeing so many baby toads around here...
And here it is. I love it!! Truly. I love everything about it. Not in the least the fact that I recycled an old canvas for this and bits and pieces of the previous painting are still showing through. Fun! 
The Toad
8 x 8 inch acrylic painting on canvas
I know I'm a day late, but I'm still linking to Paint Party Friday. Happy Painting!! 

And a wonderful weekend to you all!!

Silke

18 comments:

  1. Ein sehr schönes Bild, die Farben sind einfach zauberhaft! LG aus Kaiserswerth, Valerie

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  2. I love your toad painting, very cool! Happy Sunday!

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  3. Toads are the greatest!! Great eye detail!!

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  4. Toads are the greatest!! Great eye detail!!

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  5. Very nice. I love frogs and toads.
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  6. He is gorgeous!! I love your new style, the whimsy, the vibrant colours...all sooo fun!! You'll have to compose a little booklet at vistaprint once you get a larger collection! You can find really good deals there...I did my shoe icads and I love it!!

    Hugs Giggles

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  7. I love how the toad made manifest from your background *and* that you honored that ~ it's fantastic!

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  8. These colours really glow and I like your painted toad very much. We've got lots of frogs and toads in the garden and it's always exciting to come across one.

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  9. I am a little late getting around this week. I love your toad and how it evolved. You have used such gorgeous vivid colors, just perfect for him.

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  10. beautiful work! Congrats on being featured at PPF this week!

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  11. Hi Silke. Your frog is awesome and I'm really liking your animal portraits. Just wonderful.

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  12. I've seen a few frogs recently. They always take me by surprise because I usually hear them a lot more than see any of them. Your frog painting is wonderful!

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  13. Love it and how itsurfaced from your background!!

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  14. I love your toad, and am following you!
    (Google is forcing me into an address that is not mine, I think, how weird -- I am dkatiepowellart.me)

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  15. What a lovely, happy toad!!
    I, too, revel in finding herps (reptiles or anphibians) in my yard .... last seen was a red striped garter snake, sunning himself on my front walk!!
    Congrats. on being the PPF featured artist!

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  16. Marvelous toad. Love the creativity and the colors. Blessings, Janet PPF

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  17. Love your Toad! And the colors are yummy!!

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