My daughter and I have an ongoing disagreement over this painting. My intent was to paint a male fairy since all of the fairies I’ve painted thus far have been female, but she insists that this fairy looks like a girl, too, because of its long locks and the way it’s sitting on the daisy. I disagree. I think it clearly looks like a boy. What are your thoughts–boy or girl?
This painting is based on a tutorial in Linda Ravenscroft’s book, “The Fairy Artist’s Figure Drawing Bible.”
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My first thought was girl, not very feminine but a girl but honestly I only think of fairies as being female, never male so my judgement may be a bit clouded.
My Facebook friends said girl, too..
Hmm I think I have to say female too. The features could be male but the pose makes me think feminine. Of course I’ve never seen a fairy so who am I to say what they really look like. 🙂 It’s a beautiful painting.
Thanks so much. Obviously, I need to get in touch with my more masculine side, LOL!
Do you think that I would be brave enough to side with either my daughter or grandaughter? I’m not fool-hardy! I will commit to the colors being more masculine, but the fairy-?-?-?-ah-h-h-let’s say non gender. Which ever, nice painting. Love the colors you chose.
Hey, shouldn’t you side with your daughter….
My first thought was, “How cute she is!”
Ok, so obviously I lost the male/female fairy bet with my daughter. Good thing I didn’t put any money on the table!
Adorable! The little pose is terrific. If it were a human, it looks somewhat more girlish. But as we know, the fairy folk tend toward the feminine (I’m talking about you, Legolas). So, if you tell me it’s a boy I can see it. 🙂
I guess that’s a half vote for a boy fairy. LOL!
I like the gender neutral option. How much do we really know about the fey anyway;) No matter boy or girl, this is beautifully realized.
Thanks, Elena. Gender neutral it is, then….
Either way it is lovely. I thought “girl” too.
Blessings ~ Wendy
Thanks, Wendy. My daughter definitely won the bet.
How beautiful….
Thanks, Jennifer. I had fun painting him.
Too close to call– other than to say it’s a beautiful illustration! : )
Thank you, Mark. So there we have it–it’s an androgynous garden fairy. LOL!
Gives me a peaceful feeling…:) Nice!