Sail – IF
Paperboat | Mixed media on Moleskine
The challenge this week at IllustrationFriday.com is “Sail”. I practically tore a piece of paper from my organiser and made a paperboat. Took a pail full of water and put the paperboat in. It was fun watching them moved in circle. Drawing it was fun too though my pail and water were not as real ;P
When I was a kid, paperboat was a great toy to play in the rain. Made tons of paperboats and let them sailed away in a drain one after another. Yup, tore down the whole of my math exercise book. Hated math!
Mixed media: Oil pastels, prismacolors and graphite.
Close-up details
84 Comments
Katie
I love your illustration. Such a nostalgic, but original idea. The colors are wonderful. 🙂
emila
Thanks Katie! I had fun drawing this one!
Sandra
What a great idea, this turned out so well. Wonderful colours.
wee ellen
I really like your unique take on the topic. The colours are fabulous!
yong
kenangan betul lah kan???
adilah
Hated math too. Still do.
bem69
heheh nice lah kak emila, did you use the real paperboat as reference? If not I wouldn’t be able to think of where the text placement (math exercise book paper) would be once the paper is folded up. What type of mix media? Illustration Friday sounds fun, can i join? hehehe
I S A Y
so cool illustration! i like your boat emila!
LadyJava
Cantik!!
I remember making those sailboat when I was small.. I don’t remember how to make one now 🙁
Mariuca
Hola Emila, dah balik KL? Hope u had a good time, thanks for visiting me today dear!
I like la ur paper boat, cause got tulisan, makes it look more personal. Love it! 🙂 😀
emila
Lol, yes! I did mentioned in the 2nd sentence.
emila
Haha Dila!! I bet your favourite is English and keropok lekor!
emila
Nostalgia gitu!
emila
Thanks Wee Ellen!
emila
Thank you Sandra!
emila
..and I can’t believe it I still remember how to make one! Also remember how to make paper chair!
emila
Marzie, dah! Yassin la had a blast kutip buah langsat!
Thanks dear!
Jean Chia
haha, emila! i remembered when i was young, my borther & i love to make this paperboats and put them in the drain [just behind our house] during heavy rains. It was fun wacthing as these boast sails away. 🙂
Dookie
oic .. u hated math? i love math but im not good in drawings lol.. so no one is perfect.. so one have their own skills/advantage.. 🙂 nice drawings.. 😀
ATH-3
WOW! love the angle, the colors are just fantastic… you’re truly original… Bless You!
emila
Thank you Isay!
emila
eh…dah terkeluar box la my reply! See below, k!
emila
Haha you played it too!
emila
Haha I think so! You know, Dookie, when I was in From 5, I dropped Add Math and took Art instead. I’ve got A1 for Art. Imagine what would it be if I would have taken Add Math!! Haha…anyway, got P7 for the basic Math! But it was better than my Chemistry; F9!! ;P
emila
Thank you Ath3!
velvet
😎 cool! i can still remember this origami! what a lovely concept!
Mariuca
Hello Dookie and Emila! I hate Math too la, what is up with that he he! My least fave subject masa dulu. I got C3 for Math he he, and that was my lowest results okay! Math and Accounting dua-dua C3! 😉 😳 😳
emila
Marzie! You very clever la!!! My lowest as you can see up there was F( hahahahha
emila
Eh I mean F9!!
emila
Thank you Velvet!
pupu
Ohh what a nice colors. I love the details emila. 😀 😀 Really nice. Its blue.
kate
love the paperboat illustration.
the lines are so clean and precise.
Joanna Huffaker
Great line work for this one
Roberta Baird
This is wonderful Emila. 🙂 And I love the story.
I can totally relate to the the math comment! 😆
Diane Duda
I love this emila!!!
dmystify
Simple subject matter but well illustrated and very nostalgic. Do you know if you put a wee bit of soap at the tail end of the boat it will move by itself?
Shemah
Hi Emila.. so sorry for not dropping by in a while. Anyways, love this illustration alot! It reminds me of all the times I used my school newsletter to make boats! LOL! Really nostalgic! Loves it!! 🙂
kim
I love the composition on this. Less is more…
indigene
Wow, this is simply marvelous and ditto to all the positive feedback you’ve gotten. Awesome!
http://www.indigeneartforms.blogspot.com
mangosteenskin
u always “wow” me with your amazing simplicity. ordinary subject yet meaningful and close to the heart.
Genxster (Mellanie)
This is an awesome illustration Emila. Love your story about the math book. I hated math in school too! 😀 😀
Shugar
Wooo… that paper origami boat looks realistic… nice touch with the details too ! 🙂
timafli
It is a very nice and beautiful drawings, good layout on sketchbook.
Shinade
Oh Emila,
This made me rput a big smile on my face. Thank you so much for this fun and wonderful piece.
When and if you get time I have a little something for you. I apologize that real life has kept me away for so long. But, hopefully very soon I will be back full time.
Hugs:-)))))))
http://shinade.blogspot.com/2008/08/everything-changes-thanks-everyone.html
Nancy
Cool pic! Love the colours and the concept, makes me nostalgic. 😉
tokrimau
Jatuh cinta dgn blog ini.
Dookie
nath so easy lah for me.. maybe i love it so easy for me to do it.. basic math even easier 😈 😈 nevermind as long u know what u like then its okay lah rite.. 🙂
Dookie
there i hate accounting lol.. so very pening.. maybe i hated the teacher kot hahaha… 😈 😈
Dookie
*math
emila
thanks pupu!
emila
thanks kate!
emila
thanks joanna!
emila
Thanks roberta! i hate it so much that i’m willing to let them sail haha!
emila
thanks diane!
emila
thank you asri! really! i didn’t know that!! Will try it soon!
emila
Hehe you too! It was fun right?!
emila
thank you, kim!
emila
thank you, indigene!
emila
thank you, manggis!
emila
Hehe..you hated it too, Mellanie!
emila
thanks shugah!
emila
thanks timafli!
emila
thank you shinade! thank you for the award too! it’s ok shinade, i hope you’ll be back full time soon!
emila
thank you nancy!
emila
terimakasih datuk harimau!
marvic
dulu pun jadi kaki koyak buku gak 😆
Mariuca
Oh but I failed my Math throughout the year he he!!! Only time nak SPM baru I got down to some serious business and managed to pull up my grade. If not for those 2 subjects, I’d have gotten all distinctions, spoil je! 👿
Mariuca
Dookie, I siap ada private tutor lagi for Accounting, cause we didn’t have a proper Acct class. Only once a week. Anyway, still hated it but syukur dapat C3 he he! 😛
Eh, bila u nak start ur personal blog ni? 😎
nicky linzey
Absolutely beautiful, your style, colours, subject.
bonoriau
thanks for mampir and the comment. Itu lah erti persahabatan biar pun lalu udara.
Fadhil Isma
Hi Emila,
I wasn’t good in folding the paper boat like the one you drew. But I could fold one that was more of `tongkang’ shape, complete with roof covering at each end.
Hmm… how come it doesn’t surprise me that people who are good at drawing don’t like maths… heheheh…
cata
Oh! I remember mi childhood looking your beautiful paper boat!!
Love your colors, Emila!
Cata 😆
emila
Hahaha ada geng!
emila
Thanks nicky!
emila
Terima kasih jua buat Bono yang selalu mapir ke mari! Terima kasih diatas persahabatan!
emila
Hi Fadhil! I can fold that one too!! Hehe..that is so true…or maybe it’s just me, my head still gets confuse with numbers…
emila
Thank you Cata! Glad I could bring back the memory.
T.H
Thanks for leaving comment in my blog. Yeah still feeling sick, sean is sicked too even hubby.
Faisal Admar
beautiful!
that is one word came out from my mouth when i first saw it.
i used to make some paper boat too when i was a lil kid instead of some paper plane. this drawing remind me of those sweet times.
Dragana
Great work! Really, really wonderful! 😛
Joanna
Wow great job, it looks so realistic.
You’ve got talent!
restnrileks
love the clours.. suka lukisan yang nampakkan perincian dan sampan kertas tuu kak emila.
antown
jadi ingat mainan semasa kecil dulu
Nisya
@antown
aah.i’m agree with you