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Breezy – IF

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.)

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  3. 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!

  4. 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."

  5. 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.

  8. 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!

  12. 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.

  17. 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.

  20. so neat, so smelly good, peaceful colors and sweet dreams, beautiful baby…..this is how i felt looking at your illustration.

  22. 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.

  23. 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.

  24. 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.

  25. 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.:)

  27. 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

  32. 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…

  38. beautiful , adorable and sweet picture! the background is so cheerful with the bright colours and butterflies!

  40. 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!

  45. 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

  48. Ah – that will be a memory to look out for, when the time comes.
    🙂
    I think everyone here has used the word sweet, so I will too.

    🙂

  53. 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…