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Picket Fence

Posted on April 7, 2022

I’m on day 6th of the A to Z Challenge with the letter “F”.  As you’ve noticed in 2017 I didn’t have a particular theme when it came to doing my sketches, I just wanted to put pencil to paper to see what I could draw and that excited me. 

Fences, especially picket fences I love to see adoring a person’s property and have visions of having my own someday.  Perhaps on the main side with a walk-way leading up to the front door and then in the back one of those tall privacy fences to keep noisy neighbors prying eyes off limits.  When I did my original fence I was a bit conflicted because I thought of other subjects to sketch for the alpha-prompt and in the end I worked a couple of them into my scene, a little frog in the right lower corner and sitting behind the fence a fox.  Finally, here’s the Procreate recreation.

The do-over gave me the chance to correct uneven fence slats in my earlier work.  I don’t know why I drew it that way to start with but I did. I also gave the big tree full foliage.  These are the biggest design changes but adding color and using the various digital brushes gave my illustration texture.  However, that’s not all I did, I added pixel to my drawing using Pixelmator Pro to soften and smooth the scene.

In keeping things short this year, I’ll leave you with a song.  Who knew I’d make new artist discovery with a one titled, “Picket Fences” with Hawthorne Heights. Ignore the video image and hit play which may surprise you.  It did me. 😉

 

Thanks for allowing me to be a part of your day.  I’m heading over to the A2Z headquarters to leave my calling card and maybe I’ll take notice to see who else came to the party.  This is CAAC signing off, I’ll be back tomorrow with the next letter in the alphabet! 

~Cathy

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10 thoughts on “Picket Fence”

  1. Damyanti Biswas says:
    April 10, 2022 at 3:47 am

    Lovely, idyllic illustration, and I love that song!

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  2. John Holton says:
    April 7, 2022 at 10:38 pm

    Great picture! Do you remember the TV show “Picket Fences” with Tom Skerrit? Used to run Friday nights, if I’m not mistaken.

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  3. Brian says:
    April 7, 2022 at 7:04 pm

    That fence is pretty and so is the pink bike!

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  4. messymimi's meanderings says:
    April 7, 2022 at 6:57 pm

    Picket fwnces are my favoritez.

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  5. Arlee Bird says:
    April 7, 2022 at 6:44 pm

    Such a sweet idyllic illustration. I like picket fences in a front yard. We’ve had a wooden white fence in our back yard separating us from our neighbors for the past 25 years since we first moved here. Last year we tore down one side to replace it with a brick wall. Not as pretty, but it will last a long time I think. In a few weeks we are going to do the same on the other side of our yard. The wooden fence had been infested with termites and it’s getting rickety. Soon our backyard will be like a fortress.

    Arlee Bird
    Tossing It Out

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  6. pjack214 says:
    April 7, 2022 at 6:01 pm

    I always loved a cute white picket fence. Glad however that I do not have one that I might have to paint one day…lol

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  7. SteampunkCowCorn (Absenta, la Fée Verte) 🍸🎩 says:
    April 7, 2022 at 2:55 pm

    I´m loving both, the song and your drawing! Again that grainy filter that makes it look like a mix of watercolor + acrylic and the little frog and fox are quite sweet! I´d love to be there riding that bike. 😀
    https://steampunkcowunicorn.wordpress.com/2022/04/07/f-is-for-fleeting-happy-as-a-clam/

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  8. Nicole/DVArtist says:
    April 7, 2022 at 12:42 pm

    I just love this art piece. It feels like summer. Your shading is excellent too. Have a wonderful day.

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  9. Ronel Janse van Vuuren says:
    April 7, 2022 at 7:31 am

    The fox is so cute!

    Ronel visiting for the A-Z Challenge My Languishing TBR: F

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  10. Thomas Anderson says:
    April 7, 2022 at 7:22 am

    Hi, Cathy!

    Happy Thankful Thursday and F-Day, dear friend!

    How I enjoyed gazing at this nostalgic scene again, five years later, and In Living Color! As I remarked at the time of the original post in 2017, that little fox seems to be eyeing the froggy with a meal of frog’s legs in mind. I love the choice of the color pink for the girls’ bicycle because it goes so well with the shades of green that fill the frame. It is indeed a soft, dreamy glimpse back to our youth. For many of us, it depicts a simpler, happier place and time. I plan to revisit this image whenever I feel stressed because, as I told you five years ago, it has a calming effect on me. Thanks for the great work on it, dear friend!

    I also appreciate the introduction to the Dayton, Ohio, alt. rock and “emo” band Hawthorne Heights. With its soaring harmony, their song “Picket Fences,” released on their 2010 album Skeletons, reminds me of The Bee Gees.

    Have a terrific Thursday, dear friend Cathy, and I’ll see you here tamale on G-Day!

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