Coming back to it now, I see my favourite part about it is the poor, prone knight. I can't help thinking that it was knocked over by that audacious apple next to it. All the subtle strategies of the art of war have proven no match for a piece of fruit that follows its own rules.
And now the pawn, the bishop and the king are scared . . . very scared.
That's my favourite part too. (It's also my favourite chess piece when actually playing chess.) I also felt that the apple had something to do with it!
"All the subtle strategies of the art of war have proven no match for a piece of fruit that follows its own rules."
You've drawn out a depth that now has me thinking. My drawing could have been better in delineating the pieces though: the pawn is a rook and the bishop is a queen. Also the actual chess pieces I drew from do not have strong characteristics, thus the translation in drawing becomes ambiguous.
Oh, they *are* scared. What will be the outcome? I'm seeing all sorts of themes...
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+JMJ+
As for this interesting stalemate . . .
I just have to know: did you arrange the apples and the chessmen yourself, or did you happen to find them like that?
Sadly, I had to arrange them. I just grabbed whatever was at hand to draw, and didn't spend much time setting it up.
I wish my surroundings were as romantic as to have fruits and chess pieces casually co-mingling, but alas, it just isn't so. :)
+JMJ+
Coming back to it now, I see my favourite part about it is the poor, prone knight. I can't help thinking that it was knocked over by that audacious apple next to it. All the subtle strategies of the art of war have proven no match for a piece of fruit that follows its own rules.
And now the pawn, the bishop and the king are scared . . . very scared.
That's my favourite part too. (It's also my favourite chess piece when actually playing chess.) I also felt that the apple had something to do with it!
"All the subtle strategies of the art of war have proven no match for a piece of fruit that follows its own rules."
You've drawn out a depth that now has me thinking. My drawing could have been better in delineating the pieces though: the pawn is a rook and the bishop is a queen. Also the actual chess pieces I drew from do not have strong characteristics, thus the translation in drawing becomes ambiguous.
Oh, they *are* scared. What will be the outcome? I'm seeing all sorts of themes...
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