To post my favorite painting along with a song. Thank you Kevin. 🙏

What an impossible task. My first thought was of course my favorites; Van Gogh, Klimt, Matisse, Maxfield Parrish, Franz von Stuck. But if it was to really choose a favorite, it would be this: The Cornfield by John Constable. This print hung in my childhood home since I could remember. I would stare at this for what seemed hours. It hung above our sofa, and I would imagine this far off place as a refuge when I was sick or in time out lol. So for me this is a favorite based on details and the feelings it evokes when I view it. Isn’t that the point of art? I chose my favorite composition by Beethoven, Moonlight Sonata because it feels like a walk through the woods.

I tag anyone who wants to share with me. It seems this has been a popular one. Thanks @definegodliness for starting it.

Rules: Combine one of your favourite paintings with an oldies song that captures its feel to you, then tag others along to keep the challenge going

今夜は満月。6月の満月はストロベリー・ムーンと呼ばれるそうです。
イラストレーション(鉛筆、色鉛筆、水彩絵の具)は、アリソン・アトリー著「むぎばたけ」より。

1.ハリネズミが一ぴき、生け垣ぞいに、野道をぶらぶらやってきました。楽しそうに、鼻歌を口ずさみながら。

2.夜ともなれば、ぱっちりと目を覚まし、月夜の冒険にくりだすのです。小さなけものたちって、たいていそうですけどね。


3.「やあ、ジャック。最近どうよ？」ハリネズミは、人なつっこく呼びかけました。「まぁまぁだね。」ノウサギは、こたえました。

4.「やあ、こんちは。最近どうよ？」ハリネズミは、人なつっこく呼びかけました。「どうってことないね。」カワネズミは、こたえました。

5.三匹は座り込み、さやさやとたえまない麦の穂の合唱に、息をのんでききいりました。

6.キャラクター構成のための鉛筆スケッチ。

Tonight is full moon. The full moon in June is called the Strawberry Moon.
My illustration(Pencil, Colored pencil, Water color) from Text by Alison Uttley “The Cornfield”.(From selection of tales “Magic In My Pocket”, “The Weather Cock” copyright © Penguin Books Ltd, 1957. ※”The Weather Cock, and Other Stories” First published in England 1945.)

1.A Hedgehog jogged along the country lane between the hedged, singing to himself his own little song of happiness.


2. Now night had come, and, in common with many small animals, hedgehog was wide awake, and off for a moonlight adventure.

3.‘ Hello Jack’, said Hedgehog in his friendly way, ‘How’s the world treating you?’ ‘Pretty middling.’, replied the Hare.

4. ‘How d’ye do?’ said Hedgehog. ‘How’s life treating you?’
‘Not so bad,’ replied the Water-rat.

5.The three animals sat breathless, listening to the little sounds and murmurs of the corn’s voice.