missing the beach
This piece was created with children’s book illustrator Kelsea Parks as a collaboration.
Kelsea moved to Charleston, South Carolina this month, so she won’t have to miss the beach anymore.
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This entry was posted on Saturday, August 4th, 2007 at 8:09 am and is filed under tina illustrates.






8:51 am on August 4th, 2007
So cute! I love the colors you used. Great picture!
9:58 am on August 4th, 2007
love this, and especially the cat and the wallpaper
10:07 am on August 4th, 2007
Delicious! The rouge on her cheeks tells about anxiety and longing, beautiful!
11:56 am on August 4th, 2007
you and your fabric patterns. just blows me away. and the blue, so unexpected in her face shadows. reallllly love that. :)))
12:30 pm on August 4th, 2007
This is some great eye-candy! Love all the different patterns. Just enough… not too much.
2:24 pm on August 4th, 2007
this is so cute I love the details.
3:24 pm on August 4th, 2007
I love the use of many colors in her skin– makes it look luminously pale, as if missing the beach from the depths of winter. Gorgeous.
6:50 pm on August 4th, 2007
I just figured out which artist this reminded me of– Klimt!! With the colors in the skin, and the pattern in the background. Still gorgeous, of course. Just wanted to share my “aha” moment :)
9:36 pm on August 4th, 2007
Very soothing illo, nice!
2:48 am on August 5th, 2007
Can I play with her? I miss the beach, too :’)
6:58 am on August 5th, 2007
nice concept and very delicate work…I particularly like hers pose and the wall patterns.
(I never miss the beach, by the way…:)
2:54 am on August 6th, 2007
Oh, I absolutely LOVE this! Everything from her hair to her expression, outfit, the cat and the wallpaper! this is great!
8:41 am on August 6th, 2007
the color remind me of the glassdeco art in church, the combination is just so lovellly… :’)
10:15 am on August 6th, 2007
Tina! This is so so beautiful! very well done!
6:51 pm on August 6th, 2007
There’s so much to see in this illustration. It’s really beautiful, I love the details, and all the different textures too.
8:30 pm on August 6th, 2007
pretty, nice BG!
8:45 pm on August 7th, 2007
There are so many interesting and pleasing details in this illustration. The colors are dreamy and beautiful.
*Love the busy cat in the background :)
1:22 am on August 8th, 2007
this is beautiful and nostalgic!
How I miss the sea murmur!
I need a shell too!
2:14 pm on August 8th, 2007
Wow this is so pretty! I love the color! There’s something magical about it…
4:25 pm on August 8th, 2007
this is cute, love the colors, cat, and texture of floor and walls!
10:54 pm on August 8th, 2007
Sweet! I really like the way you did the face, the skin is deliciously transparent and glowing.
3:59 pm on August 9th, 2007
beautiful piece of work.. the whole picture captures the moment perfectly.
6:14 pm on August 9th, 2007
Very pretty, I love the detail and the colors.
1:59 pm on August 10th, 2007
I’m glad many of you have commented on the skin tones because that is my absolute favorite thing to do with colored pencils.
8:50 pm on August 10th, 2007
This was so fun to work on- remember Tina? It was during Winter Break, you were in Texas, I was in Wisconsin and I was missing you and the beach!! :) Still one of my favs.. want to do another collab. piece of beauty?
9:10 pm on August 10th, 2007
Yes! Please! Let’s do it. I think our magics combine seamlessly.