Thursday, April 26, 2007

Wooden Shoes


Wooden Shoes
Originally uploaded by linfrye.
Carved from wood, these six inch wooden shoes hold special memories for Rebecca and sit on her husband's desk. Rebecca has requested several copies of them for her family and to send to the gentleman who carved them for her late husband.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh wow; what a neat idea and you have done a marvelous job -- the shadows of the dark and light of an old worn pair of shoes -- splendid!
Hugs,
Lorraine

Bonny said...

This is awesome! I can feel the wooden texture with my eyes. The satiny texture of the highlights really comes through. Beautiful!

Anonymous said...

Lin, this is a very nice sketch. It sounds like Rebecca & you have been doing a bit of reminiscing. Alll these special things of her late husband must bring back a flood of memories. I'm sure she is touched by your beautiful sketches.

Deborah said...

These are adorable. You've done a marvelous job capturing the character of these wooden leather boots.

Africantapestry and Myfrenchkitchen said...

Oh I love these...so full of character! Those toes curling upwards..that's just killing me!Great sketch
ronell

Brenda Yarborough said...

Wow, Lin, you can consider this your first commission!! Wonderful job!!!!

caseytoussaint said...

Great job on these, Lin. They really do look like wood. What a wonderful gift You've made your friend.

juj said...

What a wonderful tribute to a such a special item, and what a great gift for your friend. Really, really lovely.

Emma Pod said...

These boots are lovely! You've done so much work lately - it's fun to look through your blog and see all of the recent paintings. great work.

Carole said...

Lin, I've said this before and I'll say it again. It is so exciting watching your painting develop. These shoes and the bells are lovely paintings, and I can really see how much you've improved since you first started this blog.

Ben Quixote said...

cool...these are fun...like these very much...great job lin!

andrea joseph's sketchblog said...

GREAT drawing Lin. LOVE those shoes!

Alison said...

What a grea idea and you have done a lovely sketch - that's one of my favourite things about sketching - a very light way to add a special pleasure or two to the world

laserone_ said...

Wooden? They look so real! What a wonderful job you did. :)

Anonymous said...

Absolutely wonderful Lin. I bet this painting will really be treasured.

mrana said...

What great shoes Lin! Wonderful llustration.

Anonymous said...

Awesome job! You really captured the wood texture.