Quiet
I like giraffes and thought one would be a good subject for this topic because I had heard that they don't make noise. So I worked away on this and when it was almost finished I did a google search and learned that they aren't so quiet after all.
"Although normally silent, giraffes are not mute. This is a myth. Baby giraffe calves have been reported bleating and making a mewing sound, while adults have been heard to bellow when seeking a lost calf, snort when in alarm and bull giraffes emit a raucous cough during courting. A variety of other assorted giraffe sounds including mooing, moaning, hissing, grunting, whistling, growling and, apparently, flutelike sounds have also been reported."
Acrylic paint on a 10 by 8 inch board.
posted by Jaimie @ 6:33 PM
19 comments
19 Comments:
very nice...i like it a lot!
Great picture! Im a fan of giraffes also and you did a nice job on this picture.
whats not to lov. and who cares if they make allil noise, then u know there alive. as always great colors and compostion
beautiful giraffe, and beautiful colors..!
Lovely illo! :) Me too, always thought giraffas are quiet... but they're still one of the sweetest animals in my eyes.
nice to look at AND educational!
:)
i love the colors! maybe i'll have to commission an original for my new apartment.
I love giraffes and this is pretty cool.
Aha! But quiet doesn't necessarily mean no sound at all. Silence can be deafening, after all.
Lovely lovely.
I love giraffes, too, but not as much as I love elephants and their great sounds.
The colors are wonderful, as usual.
Love ya,
Never have heard a giraffe... come to think of it, I've never heard a zebra either. You paint both beautifully.
Beautiful! Gosh, I never knew giraffes made so many different sounds.
This would make a wonderful mural on a child's bedroom wall...Such a pretty piece!
what a magical colorful piece! Love it!
'Least said, soonest mended,'
so the ancient voices say,
but when your head's so high-suspended
voices carry quite a way.
So you spend your days in quiet,
rarely make a grunt or groan:
the neck required by your diet
means your thoughts are yours alone.
hi jaimie,
a friend on a writing website sent me to your page, and i am very impressed with your work. you certainly have huge control over colour and seem to use it effortlessly. i really like the end results.
congratulations!
indie
You are deafening me with your silence!
very nice colors ! I like your work !
Many years ago I was in a train travelling from a small town called Sleaford in Lincolnshire in England. The train was quite full of chattering people, it seemed very 'local' and full of people who knew each other.
As I looked out of the window - there in a field was a giraffe and a camel. Certainly not the usual field animals in England. I turned to look into the train to see the reaction of the other passengers - no one seemed to have seen them. I looked back and they were certainly there.
I can only think they belonged to a circus or zoo and were having a little R & R!
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