First Steps

                           
                            Earlier this week I painted this baby bear based on a rough sketch.

I used the Aquabord I mentioned on an earlier post.  The surface is great

to work on and I highly recommend it.  It lends itself to the washy look and 

luminous feeling that I wanted to achieve in this piece.  I wish I had 

kept some of the rough lines and looseness of the sketch, which sometimes 

happens when transferring your sketch.  Try to loosen up by sketching

before preparing a drawing to be painted, this may help.

 If you are interested, following below is my process...

First I transferred my sketch with tracing paper onto the Aquabord.   

(Do this by first tracing the image with a softer pencil, such as 2B.  

Turn over the tracing paper and trace image onto the back.  

Then turn tracing paper right side up and tape down with removable tape.  

Retrace the image onto the paper or Aquabord.)  

The little guy looked lonely. 

I had scribbled "I'm all wibbley wobbly!" next to him which made me 

think of a baby's first steps.  I added Mamma and the wash tub and 

ducky to help tell the story of a baby's first steps.

 This is one of a small series I am doing for a show coming up

in November.  Artwork for children's rooms is another way 

for adults and children to enjoy your work!