Friday, March 14, 2008

Illustration Friday : Heavy:Some Fat is Beautiful

This is a 16x24 chalk and acetate piece that I did as one of my assignments in school, for one of my favourite teachers. The challenge was finding a solution to the statement. Some fat "is" beautiful... and it can be. Our world is sooooo conditioned to find thinness appealing,to the point of annorexia. There is, a 'healthy' medium, a 'happy' medium, which might mean to a models standards 'that", we may be a little too heavy.

"If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush." ~Dawn French



15 comments:

Candace Trew Camling said...

I think that anyone can be beautiful. It's all about how you shine from the inside out! Your illo is sweet, I love it!

red-handed said...

I don't know if fat is beautiful, but this woman is beautiful with what she's got.

ed said...

Sweet and expressive concept. I like so much the colors intensity.

vfm4 said...

lovely!

Frank-H said...

very tender illo - liked it

thefridayfrog said...

yayyyy, janice! you and i were clearly creatively connected with this one! teal and red...teal and red! my girl grown up!

she's stunning...her gesture and line is fabulous! :)))

INDIGENE said...

This illustration, is beautiful, sexy , and wonderfully drawn! Now if all heavy could be this beautiful...


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NANCY LEFKO said...

beautifully done....

Ars said...

A proper woman! Nice work.

studio lolo said...

yay!! I love her! We're on the same wavelength ; )

Anonymous said...

Hmm.. i guess some of them. Fat is beautiful. :D oh well i love her! Sexy! :D

trowbridge chronicles said...

I especially like your striking color choices: the warm flesh tone, the red hair color and the hot green.

janie said...

voluptuous beauty.
That quote is great.

Unknown said...

Hi Janice...great work as always...and everyone is beautiful in their own special way...

Cheers,
Diana

steve said...

I so agree Janice. This is excellent!