A Little Bit of Whimsy

If I were clever with a computer I would stitch these three photos together into one delightful whole.  But I'm not clever that way.  You'll have to use your imagination!

Several years ago my dad come home from a visit to Maine with this piece of driftwood, shaped like the drawings above, and said, "This need a little bit of whimsy".  Then he left it in my hands.

This is the preliminary sketch that I came up with.  The driftwood is now painted and hanging on his wall!

World Map

Here's the world map I painted.  The lighting in the room was less than stellar, so the pic is not fantastic.  The project, though was great fun!

As you can see, I didn't end up using all the sketches I did.  The home-owner wasn't in love with the beard on the North Wind that I drew.  She said it gave her the shivers!  Pretty funny!  This guy definitely seem less sneaky!

The home-owner also found it fitting to place the sea serpent beside Bermuda!  Again, pretty funny!

The room had this fantastic heavy texture, which ended up being so much fun to paint on.  I used acrylics, that I thinned significantly, so they tended to run like watercolors.  I love the end product!