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MapleRose — The Highwayman
Published: 2007-05-05 04:02:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 7917; Favourites: 77; Downloads: 0
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The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight, over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding-
Riding-riding-
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
-- "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes
That is one of my fave poems/ballads. I love the imagery presented, as well as the story (so sad...). This vivid imagery from the first stanza of the poem struck me the first time I read the poem some years ago.
I also like Loreena McKennit's song adaptation of the poem (though she cut out a stanza) ^^
Watercolours, because I want to. It was harder than I thought to get the exact image from my head onto paper... at first I wanted some trees too, but couldn't get the perspective right, and didn't know where to put it, so I took them out.
I like how the clouds turned out ^^
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I got the EXACT same image in my head when I read The Highwayman for the first time >.<
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This is one of my favourite poems too, and you more than did it justice.
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ooooo
The color is amazing
And it fits the lines of the poems
Nicely done
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oh my god it looks exactly like i would have imagined this to be minus the trees but i agree that would ahve been hard to get to look right with the prespective you used but its a great image to go with that poem and song!
~MP
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I remember reading and listening to that in school...it was somewhat creepy
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Wow. Instant fave. I've tried drawing this with hills and trees but it's never worked. Your use of colour is amazing. Wonderful!
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Such a nice piece of art! I mean this is really wonderful and the one I drew when I was in 7th grade was lame. Yours would've gotten an A+ if my class and teacher saw this.
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I love this, this is great, and I loved the poem too- had to read it in school a couple years ago XD
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thanks!
yeah the first time I read it was for English class in school...
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this is a very beautiful piece!! watercolors are a hard medium to work with.. or at least i think so. well done
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ah thank you very much ^^
yeah watercolours, well they're kinda tempermental, sometimes they want to work with me, other times they hate me >.< ...
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Oh, I know that poem, I like it too. I once did a school project using that exact syllable and rhyming pattern, lol.
I think you portrayed that scene really well, that's almost exactly how I thought the view would look like in my head.
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yeah it's a good poem. Were you afraid of it? 'cause Mirinee told me that she used to be afraid of the highwayman XD
thanks! ^^
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Hyuuuuu. Looks very good. I like the clouds too.
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thank you!! yeah I think the clouds turned out the best
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Lawlz. I'm doing a poetry project for school, and this is the poem I chose just yesterday.
0.o
Beautiful work.
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hehe, great minds think alike
thanks!! ^^
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Awesome. I love the way you used the watercolours. You made the picture fit the poem really well. 
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This is simply amazing.
I suck at using watercolours. You rule at it.
Fave'd
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thank you very much!! ^^
watercolours are fun to use, but also hard to cooperate with 
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You've really matched the verse. 
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thanks!! ^__^
I like working with watercolours from time to time ^^
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