The Crow and the Pitcher

Artist: Stephanie Smith
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The Crow and the Pitcher

from Aesop’s Fables:

A Crow, half-dead with thirst, spied a pitcher and flew to it in joy. But when he arrived, he discovered that only very little water was left in it, and he could not reach far enough down to get at it. He tried evrything he could think of to reach the water, but all his efforts were in vain. Then a thought came to him and he took a pebble and dropped it into the pitcher. he collected as many pebbles as he cold find and dropped them one by one into the pitcher, until the water gradually rose to the brim and he was able to quench his thirst and save his life. Moral: Necessity is the mother of invention.

Ink drawing with digital color, 2006. One of my favorites from this series! See more at my oline porfolio www.stephaniesmith.com

This image is one of many story images of birds and animals featured in my calendar Legendary Tales: Myths and Legends

The Crow and the Pitcher belongs to the following groups:

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The Crow and the Pitcher by Stephanie Smith

AnitaInverarity

Beautiful work x
Sensiworld

Great work !
Ellen

Excellent!
mimi yoon

i love your art, stephanie…
Stephanie Smith

Thank you so much!
MoonSpiral

Amazing detailed illustrations, just beautiful!!!!!
fesseldreg

Fabulous!
Stephanie Smith

Thank you all!
Colin Cartwright

Aesop’s fables are fantastic! All those sayings we use, and from a Greek, so long ago!
Superb drawing and clever digital work again, Stephanie.

An interesting one to draw would be, ‘Pride before a fall’.
Stephanie Smith replied

Thanks Colin! It always surprises me just a little how contemporary those fables still are, even in the older translations—some things about human behavior just never change, I guess!
linskudd

Great work.
Stephanie Smith replied

Thanks, Lindsay!
bdazzled

Love the drawing – and the fable :-)
Stephanie Smith replied

Thank you, Kira! It’s one of my favorite fables too!
Rhenastarr

You made the fable come to life with your wonderful drawing.
Stephanie Smith replied

Thank you so much Rehanstarr!
Donna Huntriss

What an interesting story. Love the illustration! I have heard of a similar story of two frogs in a vat of cream. One gave up and drowned, the other kept struggling to get out, as he did, the cream turned to butter and he was able to leap out.
Stephanie Smith

Thanks Donna! That’s a good one too… and sounds like it would be a particular challenge to draw, lol! There are tons of fables out there, I know I’ve barely scratched the surface, but I’d like to do more someday, they’re fun.
rob2

Its one thing to tell a story.Another to make a picture that tells it in one go.Really beautifully portrayed.
Stephanie Smith replied

Thank you so much Rob! Of course, it helps when it’s a really short story, but that’s one of the reasons I like fables…
Lynsye Medalia

Brilliant line work! You should come join my group Painted Nature almost all of your work would fit well there! :)
Stephanie Smith replied

Thank you Lynsye, and thanks for the invite, it looks like a really nice group!
coppertrees

Great job on this
dave allen

I love this.
Stephanie Smith replied

thank you!
Lynnette Shelley

stunning!
stephanie allison

Congratulations! Your image placed in the top 10 in the Painted Nature Avatar Challenge You will be a featured artist in the group!
Stephanie Smith replied

Thank you Stephanie… and thanks to all the Painted Nature folks, it’s an honor!
colorblind

wonderful ….and i don’t know where i can recall this story ….i think when i was small watching a PBS show i love the moral and the story…..lovely indeed ….and importantly your depiction…well drawn…and composed….composition is well executed …beautiful
Stephanie Smith replied

Thank you! This is one of the most well-known fables, mostly because of the great moral behind it.
colorblind