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Description Second (and last!) of the two projects for my Color class.
We had to illustrate two scenes of one of the poems the teacher gave us. I picked "Le Corbeau et le Renard", below:


Maître Corbeau, sur un arbre perché,
Tenait en son bec un fromage.
Maître Renard, par l'odeur alléché,
Lui tint à peu près ce langage :
"Hé ! bonjour, Monsieur du Corbeau.
Que vous êtes joli ! que vous me semblez beau !
Sans mentir, si votre ramage
Se rapporte à votre plumage,
Vous êtes le Phénix des hôtes de ces bois."
A ces mots le Corbeau ne se sent pas de joie ;
Et pour montrer sa belle voix,
Il ouvre un large bec, laisse tomber sa proie.
Le Renard s'en saisit, et dit : "Mon bon Monsieur,
Apprenez que tout flatteur
Vit aux dépens de celui qui l'écoute :
Cette leçon vaut bien un fromage, sans doute. "
Le Corbeau, honteux et confus,
Jura, mais un peu tard, qu'on ne l'y prendrait plus.


Master Crow perched on a tree,
Was holding a cheese in his beak.
Master Fox attracted by the smell
Said something like this:
"Well, Hello Mister Crow!
How beautiful you are! how nice you seem to me!
Really, if your voice
Is like your plumage,
You are the phoenix of all the inhabitants of these woods."
At these words, the Crow is overjoyed.
And in order to show off his beautiful voice,
He opens his beak wide, lets his prey fall
The Fox grabs it, and says: "My good man,
Learn that every flatterer
Lives at the expense of the one who listens to him.
This lesson, without doubt, is well worth a cheese."
The Crow, ashamed and embarrassed,
Swore, but a little late, that he would not be fooled again.

Translation from [link] .
Art is mine.

This is the one I'm most proud of x: And you can't see it, but the crow is actualy CRYING. YEA. TEARS.
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Comments: 9

OfUncertainty [2009-01-28 15:08:37 +0000 UTC]

the pic really helped me, cause i didnt know how to draw the silly face of fox eating cheese..thanks...
you saved me..

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monokin In reply to OfUncertainty [2009-01-30 05:25:52 +0000 UTC]

haha, you're welcome! Might I ask to see the result of yours?

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OfUncertainty In reply to monokin [2009-01-30 14:22:18 +0000 UTC]

i didnt have time to scan it,so its no longer in my possession..if I ever come across it, ill take a pic just for u...

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monokin In reply to OfUncertainty [2009-01-31 01:47:38 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, okay!

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StacyLeFevre [2008-05-27 03:15:59 +0000 UTC]

the fox\'s expression is ULTRA WIN! and I simply, and always, adore your color choice! great job, love!

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Emoria [2008-05-26 21:33:15 +0000 UTC]

That is cuuuute.
I love you Jaggy.

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shelsey [2008-05-26 21:25:54 +0000 UTC]

Ooooooh j\'avoue que celui-là c\'est mon préféré C: C\'est vraiment beau, son expression est à tomber!

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xoMusica [2008-05-26 12:38:24 +0000 UTC]

You totally nailed that expression on the fox! Since, I think that's how most people would act if they managed to steal a piece of cheese from someone else. :'D

AND I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE...CROW TEARS!

Ohohoh, and I love the different colored trees on the left side. <3 I DUNNO IF THAT HAS A DEEP MEANING, OR IF IT'S JUST THERE TO BE PRETTY, BUT IT LOOKS GOOD! *CAPS*

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monokin In reply to xoMusica [2008-05-28 02:13:54 +0000 UTC]

Awww, thank you Moo! XDD
AND YES. THESE ARE CROW TEARS.
There's no deep "meaning" for the different coloured trees, but a simple matter of color composition XDD

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