There is nothing like sitting in a rocking chair, rocking back and forth, it’s gentle creaking, and a breezy spring air flows in your window, gently lifting the curtains in your baby’s room.
The curtains lightly swinging in the breeze, and that sweet smell of a brand new baby filling the room.
Now that’s an easy, breezy beautiful moment.
When my babies were tiny babies, I often wondered, as I stood at their cribs watching them sleep, catching glimpses of adorable smiles, “what are they dreaming…”
To the joy of sweet baby dreams…Peace.
(This was art created with many, many glazes of watercolor, the butterflies were separately drawn, painted and cutout, collage onto the artwork and then sealed with a gloss medium.)
Adrienne said
the babies face is so sweet – i really love this one!
TMartin said
Lovely illustration!
DEB said
What a sweet painting! I remember those times too, now that you reminded me! Of course, these days I’m living with (da-da-da-dum) TEENAGERS! Ugh!
XuanThu said
I can hear the babies sleeping with their light breaths and the sounds of the cool afternoon wind. Your motherly perspective is refreshing.
p.s. I enjoyed looking at "Gabriel's Horn."
carla said
Oh, this is so sweet! I love the peaceful face on the baby and the pretty butterflies coming in on the breeze. Even though my baby is now a grown man, I can still see his baby face in my mind’s eye.
Roberta Baird said
And they have that new baby smell too, nothing like it…
You captured the bliss of a sleeping baby wonderfully!
cati said
Love the colours, and the scene! It is too breezy charming and sweet!!
yoon see said
Beautiful! I love how you have illustrated this piece with bold and soft colours.
Loving the breezy blowing in and the dancing mood set on with butterflies flying!
TeriC said
It is wonderful precious!!
Monica said
How beautiful when a mother loves her babies!
This drawing is excellent an full of poetry.
Best wishes!
Eva said
Thanks for the kind words! I really like the butterflies in your image…and I LOVE the baby’s cheeks!
Bella Sinclair said
How sweet and peaceful! Beautiful little baby face, and I like the cloud pillow. The colorful butterflies are an excellent touch. Aaah, yes, those are happy memories. There were times when my sleeping baby would suddenly hiccup and laugh in her sleep, which never failed to make me giggle.
valgalart said
i feel the love π
Bee said
Lovely take on the topic, the butterflies are a charming touch π
Amy C said
so very sweet and peaceful
Diana Evans said
wonderful work Indigene….I used to love sleeping with a nice breeze blowing….looks like you captured a great memory!!!
vanessa newton said
ooh how sweet is this!!! They’re all so cute and sweet when they are asleep! This is just adorable and love your take on the word. This is beautiful! I bet the air smells of sweet grass and flowers! Great illustration.
soulbrush said
i look at my new granddaughter and think these exact thoughts. hugs.
Sarah Wyman said
You really caught the essence of an afternoon nap with a soft breeze blowing through the open window. Charming.
isay said
so neat, so smelly good, peaceful colors and sweet dreams, beautiful baby…..this is how i felt looking at your illustration.
AndyDoodler said
Great colorful work! and perfect breezy feeling!
Madonna Davidoff said
Such a touching image. You’ve captured the sweet and warm mood of the painting. It’s also nice to know how you did the panting by describing your process.
josh pincus is crying said
It is so nic to see that someone still takes the time to do artwork the right way. The care and patience given to your watercolors are beautiful. The addition of collage is wonderful and innovative. You do this so well.
Ces said
Indigene, first of all, the baby’s cheeks are just adorable and so cute. I love your description. For a moment I lapsed into yesteryear and I saw my Mother. Thank you very much for this post that made me remember my childhood.
BjΓΆrnik said
Hello Indigene! This is such a sweet illustration. We better not talk aloud here or we might awake the sleeping child. Nostalgic drawing. And I like how you integrated the breeze here with the flowing curtains and flying butterflies.:)
Gordana said
This one is so sweet. We all loved to open windows at nite and let that great breeze in. Lovely memories
Adrienne said
Indigene i’m adding another message here – thank you for adding me to your favorites and for all your nice comments about my work. I’m adding you as well. We are so close, practically neighbors – you might be able to show some of your work at the place that i have a studio (goggleworks.org) – there is a gallery in the building that you may be interested in…here’s the link…
http://acor-pa.org/index.html
Edrian Thomidis said
This is so sweet and tender! I really feel you’ve captured the essence of such a wonderful memory. Fantastic!
Tomás said
Beautiful and nice image. Sweet interpretation,
Eric Barclay said
You’ve really captured the moment with this one. Such a wonderful illustration.
messy_fish said
omg that is beautiful. i got a few tears even!
Deborah said
Thanks for stopping by and for the warm welcome to IF!
What a lovely illustration – I often wonder what my baby will look like. I am 38 weeks pregnany and cannot wait to meet her. I am so looking forward to the moment you described, standing at her crib and watching her…
Catalina said
this is so cute!
kiri said
so sweet.
Nina said
So sweet! I love the butterflies! Thanks for visiting my blog!
Kat said
So wonderful and sweet. I wondered the same thing too…what they dream or think about.
Maria Pace-Wynters said
Makes me want to curl up with them right now and take a nice, long peaceful nap … only I don’t think they would go for it. HA!
Pea said
beautiful , adorable and sweet picture! the background is so cheerful with the bright colours and butterflies!
theartofpuro said
Love it,so sweet and peaceful
Caroline Soer said
This is such a lovely illustration – very nice take on breezy! Wish babies didn’t grow up quite so quickly – we could all do with more time with them!
Lisa Rivas said
Beautiful piece and a wonderful post.
A very fine portrayal of “Breeze” at many levels.
Have a wonderful week π
AscenderRisesAbove said
very nice; i like how the pillow and curtains have clouds in them. a very balancing image for the bear shooter below π
cobol said
absolutely wonderful
denise said
A lovely peaceful interlude. So sweet.
vanessa newton said
I’ll have my Etsy store up and running soon and you will be able to purchase prints and other wonderful stuff. Thanks for your comments and if you have an afro puff laying around could you send me one? he he he!!! Hugs a plenty Girly
Sam said
Sweet, and the colours really shine.
Margarita said
Hola!
Thank you for your comment!
I love how the butterflies paid the peacefully sleeping baby a visit!
saludos!
Aimee Smith said
Ah – that will be a memory to look out for, when the time comes.
π
I think everyone here has used the word sweet, so I will too.
π
michael dailey said
its seems almost like the butterflies are protecting the baby. nice colors, beautifully done
Michelle said
This is very sweet! I love the colors!
zari said
what a sweet illo!
linda said
ahh, so very sweet and beautiful
dartan said
It makes me uncomfortable when someone just reaches out and pats my belly..Then I have some people touch my belly and it seems totally natural. So for me It depends on who it is. I’ve had 1 person ask if she may touch my belly in 34 weeks of pregnancy and it made my day that she would have enough respect to ask…