Aesop's Fable - The Fox and the Crow
2011
Ink, Watercolor and digital
© Diana Ting Delosh. illustration inspired by the Aesop's Fable, The Fox and the Crow. Fox notices that Crow has his favorite yummy, a rainbow cookie*, in her beak. He tricks Crow into opening her beak and dropping her prize by flattering her singing voice. This illustration was my submission for the
2011 CBIG Aesop's Fables Illustration Catalog.
*Aesop does not mention Rainbow Cookies specifically. In some versions of the fable the coveted yummy is specified as cheese in others it's just referred to as a nondescript delicious morsel. Personally, a Rainbow Cookie is worth more effort over any old piece of cheese. Then again if it's brie on lovely french baguette- well...