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SashaFitzgerald — The Winter Queen
Published: 2008-10-24 02:28:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 10478; Favourites: 317; Downloads: 251
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This painting is my contest entry for Colours With a Meaning Contest. You can read about it here, and let me know if you decide to enter! [link]
I chose the colour blue with a lot of greyish white tones. To me, it represents a desolation and a cold heart, immense lonesomeness, and a tranquility and peace that it brings.
Selected quotes that inspired this painting from the novel Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr:
Clutching the silk-smooth wood of the Winter Queen's staff - [she] walked out of her cottage and into the shadow of the barren trees.
As if she had always done so, [the Winter Queen] tapped the staff as she walked the earth, sending freezing fingers into the soil, the first taste of the winter that would soon follow.
Silently [she] stepped onto the now-frozen surface of the river. She tilted her face to the gray sky and opened her mouth. Winds shrieked from her lips; icicles gathered on the metal of the bridge.
As quietly as the snow falling around her, [the Winter Queen] turned back to the frozen night and skated across the river, spilling her handful of snow like glitter on the ice.
Watercolours & staedtler ink & copics on paper
artwork © Sasha Fitzgerald www.SolarisSky.com
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Comments: 141
Yes, her writing is so enchanting & inspiring.
She actually saw and favourited this piece on deviant art. Blew my mind! Such an honour!
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OMG YOU'RE SO FLIPPING LUCKY! I'm trying to draw fan art, but it's turning out NOTHING like I want. D:
If only I had very good visionary skills.... But sadly, I can only think about the design, not apply it or describe it. XD
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Hehe! I was so honoured!
Keep trying, and never give up. Your skill will improve with time. Try sketching a lot, it really helps me. Goodluck!
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Thank you so much for the advice!
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I think the reason that the names were replaced with [she] is that the artist did not wish to post spoilers. The text in the authors comments is about Donia, however.
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OMG! Not only are you from my area, you go to AE and you're a Wicked Lovely fan?! That's craziness! 
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Aww thanks!
That's pretty sweet that we live in the same area. Where do you live around?
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I live in Langley! 
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Oh, awesome!
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The emotion you were trying to portray (with the colours)in your piece are certainly there! Wow!!!
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Aww thankyou! I'm happy to hear that!
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I think its amazing, the emotions are just there, and I don't really notice it much in other people's deviations!
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Ooh, very nice. I think you did an excellent job with the colours. I especially like how it brings out the ripples in the clothing. Great picture.
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Thankyou very much!
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That is such an amazing book and this picture does it credit. I assume from the quotes that this is Donia as the Winter Queen?
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The book is so amazing
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It is just isn't it and I really like your interpretation.
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The delicate touch you have with your brush makes this oh, so very enchanting and soft. You've perfectly portrayed this beauty. Very, very well done
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Aww why thankyou for such a sweet comment! 
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The background is beautiful! I love how you created the moon and trees.
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