Photos and Illustrations by Anita Rivera
Merci cher ami, pour l'honneur! Vous êtes le meilleur!
And who is this strange creature that came to visit?
Friends forever
I love the photos Anita has taken... The vignette's are perfect!
Illustration by Anita Rivera
I Thought you might enjoy a few WIP photos I took of Tea Rat and Rattus .
Thank you for all the fun Anita!
WIP Tea Rat
WIP RATTUS
His arms need to be longer, so I guess he needs surgery
During surgery One arm to go
I will end with my favorite photo.. Merci Anita!
Thank you for visiting... It is always such a joy to see you here.
Penny
OMGOODNESS PENNY!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI HAVE TO COME BACK PROPERLY, TONIGHT! gotta go teach but I will be back!!!?
I LOVE to see art on paper brought to life in 3-D! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteDear Penny.....and Anita, what a lovely collaboration of you both :D! The results of your work are fantastic, Penny. Thank you for sharing these beautiful pictures, from you both! I have a question for you: how can you needle felt on a wire skeleton (I don't know the correct word for this body of wire ;)) without the breaking your felting needle, Penny? Don't the needles become blunt from this work on a wire?
ReplyDeleteAnyway.......I LOVE your work and the drawings from Anita :D!!
Blessings, Ilona
Good question!
DeleteAs you can see in one of the photos, I wrap the wire with yarn, then wrap wool around and then I start needle felting. I start out going very slow and careful so as to not hit the wire with the needle... Once I have built it up a little, I can go faster.. Not to say that I have never broke a needle.. I have broke a few over the years, but I just pull it out and get another felting needle..
Aren't Anita's Illustrations wonderful!
blessings
Hi Penny, thank you for your kind comment on my blog and for answering my question :D! I just wondered how you did it ;)!
DeleteYes, Anita's illustrations are gorgeous, I love it when a story comes 'to life'!
Have a nice day. Blessings, Ilona
OMG !!..my two lovely blogfriends from far away together in one post !!!...love you both......love love love Ria...xxx !
ReplyDeleteDear Penny, you are a wonderful artist. Anita and I love your renditions of Tea Rat and Rattus. They continue to talk without let up in speed or volume ever since Rattus arrived to home by...uh...shall we say, by air. Perfect capture of the character of these...well...characters.
ReplyDeleteBless you my friend.
Ruben
Dear Penny,
ReplyDeleteAs Ria has said two of my lovely blogfriends too.
What a wonderful collaboration from you both - very talented friends. Love the sweet Tea Rat and Rattus and the gorgeous illustrations.
Have a wonderful week, dear friend.
hugs
Carolyn
Dear Ruben,
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to see you here! I am thrilled that you are so pleased with Rattus and Tea Rat.. Thank you my friend. I hope they bring smiles for years to come.
Penny
AHHHHHHHHHHHH...Here, finally, "properly."
ReplyDeletePenny, this is so fun. I love my teaching job, I am a linguistic and lover of French, but let me tell you, if there was a way to make a living by having this kind of fun, I would be there in a heart beat! How you take an illustration, or an animal from nature and capture all the correct contures is beyond me. It has to be a gift from above that is meant just for you. Yes, there are fantastic artists out there, and I admire all of them, but not many people can CAPTURE "cute" and contain it in a piece of art.
We love Tea Rat and Rattus, and since Rattus's stay in hospital (loved that fun play on Nowhere) Tea Rat has acquired a new pet....a very large Mother Goose! And look at Rattus's face...he is bewildered, again, by his colleague.
Many years (God, please grant us that) of more fun to come.
LOVE YOU!
Your words warm my heart Anita.. Thank you so much for the honor.. Your Illustrations are pure inspiration! You are an Artist my friend, an amazing one!
DeleteLove you
Oh lovely ! Very nice Rattus and Tea Rat with Lady Goose ! Good artwork of Anita Rivera also.
ReplyDeleteI suppose that Bebe is girl, isn't she ?
Nice wednesday Penny !
Blessings
Thank you so much Nathanaelle!
DeleteYes, she is a girl..
blessings!
It's hard to decide which I love most -- the inspiration pieces or the finished piece! They go hand in hand. Oh, Rattus is so very dapper! Sigh -- your talent never ceases to amaze me, Penny. You and Anita are a great combo! And I see books in the future...!
ReplyDeletePenny,
ReplyDeleteI am sooooooo captivated by your amazing talent to take wire and wool and make such lovable and magical animals. Anita's artwork is packed full of personality and marvelous imagination. You took drawing's and created Tea Rat and Rattus in 3D and now they are treasured characters who seem alive! That just totally amazes me!
Anita had shared photos of them with me and Penny she could not be more thrilled.
XO,
Vera
PENNY! Oh dear one, thanks for coming by the blog.....see how Tea Rat and Rattus's forms have captured your readers? I have always believed that the flat page is not enough for me...nope. I have always envisioned anything I write or draw to jump out of the page, and you have started that.
ReplyDeleteWe are going to have some fun in Nowhere, let me tell you. Rattus does look a bit miffed at having to deal with a LARGE goose in the house!!!!!!!
LOVE YOU!
Oh YOU!!!! are a m a z i n g!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnita had shown me some photos and let me tell you, I was blown away by your felted creations of Tea Rat and Rattus! (and little Anita in the blue coat!!!!)
You did a fabulous job! It is so fun to see your stages, how you got from 'here' to 'there'.
The photos are so fun!!!!! Oh what capers those characters will get in to now.....
BRAVO PENNY!!!!!
~ Violet
This was so fun to see ~ and even get a peek behind the scenes ! I felt as if I were at the theatre .
ReplyDeleteIt was wonderful to see your beautiful work and Anita's fabulous illustration side by side. Simply wonderful !
I came home. I cancelled my conference time and it is WINDY and the cold slices right through your bones. I am sitting up here in my cozy bedroom where it is toasty warm, enjoying every bit of your brilliance. Oh how fun it is to KNOW YOU PENNY!
ReplyDeleteOK, now to think of other ways to photograph these two! BISOUS
Oh my goodness, these are wonderful! It's always a joy to see things brought to life off the page and you've done it so well, Penny! They've kept all the character and delight of Anita's original art work. Simply wonderful!
ReplyDeletePenny,
ReplyDeleteIt was so fun seeing all the stages of making Tea Rat and Rattus. I bet Anita was so thrilled when she saw them. They are so cute, and you had a great illustration from her to go by. I love the little red vest on Rattus hehehe. It's amazing what you start with and end up with. I think my favorite picture is of them having tea together.
You both are so talented.
Love,
~Sheri
So that's how you do it! How interesting to see the rat-folk coming to life. Hats off to Anita and Penny for both of your vision. Of course, I already knew how well you can re-create characters in felt and I love them so much!
ReplyDeleteOh Penny, you are such a wonderful artist indeed. Excellent job my sweet friend. Thank you for stopping by for a visit. It is always a joy to hear from you. Wishing you wonderful weekend.
ReplyDeleteMuch love,
❤️Ana
Another incredible duo here...we have Penny and Jeri, Penny and Anita, and Tea Rat and Rattus!!! :)))
ReplyDeleteOh this is pure joy and creative brilliance!!
Penny, dear, the process is fascinating....you talent never ever ceases to amaze and enchant me! What fun Anita and Ruben must be having with these darlings...and Fiona...a most honored guest pops in for tea! :)))
Love this....thank you for the magic...
Ok Anita,,,I think the stop motion must begin now!!!! :)))
Blessings to you, dear friend, and wishes for a beautiful weekend...
teehee....I see Irina is here! YES, ROLL 'EM for pete's sake! I gotta make a movie some day!
ReplyDeletePenny! Penny! Penny! Penny!!!! This is BRILLIANT! Okay...SERIOUSLY NOW! You all could make this into a film. LOVE!!!
ReplyDeleteOkay...I got so excited about commenting that you may need to delete one or two entries! haha...
ReplyDeletePenny! Penny! Penny! This is BRILLIANT! You all ought to take this and make it into a film. The characters that you made from those sketches are spot on! AMAZING work all of you!
p.s. SO fun to see the process of you making something out of wire and wool! :)
ReplyDeleteHi Dear Friend!!!
ReplyDeleteI had to go back to Nowhere for a visit this morning. You guys are so creative and funny! How timely to read that Tea Rat loves to paint. I'm sure she would get along with Maximus and they could collaborate on a work if art. heehee...
Love to you! Thanks for stopping by...I love seeing your name in the comments. :)
Heidi