Happy Australia Day! I don't have anything Australian in my collection so I had to go to the world wide web this morning.
I Went with a koala for this challenge because when I was a kid I had a beach towel that was white with a koala bear on it and the words "Hi There!". But one day I brought it to a friend's pool party and accidentally brought home someone else's white koala bear beach towel. Mine was better. I have no idea whose koala beach towel I have, but believe it or not thirty years later I still have that towel.
My towel has a parrot on it, but I decided that I wanted my bird to be a kookaburra, so I colored him that way even though he's not kookaburra shaped.
Date: Thursday, January 26, 2017 GMT Views: 460
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Registered: April 18, 2011 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 51844
Thu, Jan 26, 2017 @ 2:46 PM
This is so adorable Jen. I loved your koala beach towel story - don't you just love challenges that bring back old memories. Your little koala AND kookaburra are terrific.
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Registered: May 23, 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 9825
Thu, Jan 26, 2017 @ 6:20 PM
Fun story...I can'tell believe that 2 people had a koala towel. Your watercolor wash bg looks terrific, and the koala and the little bird are adorable.
Registered: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 40391
Fri, Jan 27, 2017 @ 1:23 AM
Aw, cute koala, Jenn! Whilst we don't see many koalas in suburbia we certainly get lots kookaburras, love them - watch out when you're cooking a BBQ, though, as they will grab your meat!!
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Fri, Jan 27, 2017 @ 1:34 AM
Cute card and happy belated Aussie day from down under. Happy days
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Fri, Jan 27, 2017 @ 6:33 AM
Sorry you lost your cute koala towel (I still have my childhood beach towel...don't want to tell you how old that is...it's very thin..lol). Adorable card...great coloring on this, especially your shading
Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16610
Sat, Jan 28, 2017 @ 10:26 AM
This is as cute as cute can be! I love this adorable koala bear and this wonderful parrot colored in Kookaburra colors in honor of Australia Day. I love the way you color your images and the wonderful texture you get too. I really enjoyed your koala bear story today- fun! ~Karen.