Sweeter than Pie!

Through my many years of drawing (that is quite a few!) I have always loved to draw people. Now, that doesn't mean that I am any good at drawing them ;) I have always had the hardest time getting a person that I was drawing to actually look like themselves! It just never worked out for me....something was just always off. It could have very well been that I never carefully sat down and drew out a grid so that every feature was just perfectly in place, or that I just always got far to frustrated to ever finish one...whatever the reason is, I have never been that great at portraits. So I have always just stuck with cartoons, animals and flowers. If you mess those up a little, it's o.k. Not like anyone is going to look at the pencil sketch of my flower and say, "Man....that petal is just a little twisted compared to the real thing" so I have always found drawing still lives and such a safe subject ;) I had decided to accept the reality that I was no good at portraits until my little adorable nephew came along...he just changed everything. 

My beautifus nephew!

The time came for my nephews baptism. I wanted to give his parents (and him) a gift for this special occasion, but what could I give them? I wanted it to be something special that they could all look back on and remember, something that you can't buy at a Hallmark store or buy off of Ebay. I went on thinking of what I could do for them...instantly I thought, "well why not just draw them something?!" A talent I had been given, why not share it with them? This got me very excited, I had decided to draw my sweet little nephew and give his parents his portrait. Instantly I started to get all of my drawing tools out, I had my board, pencils, paper, tortillians and the picture I had chosen of my nephew that I was going to draw. I was all set, and then I remembered that I was no good at drawing real people!!! AH! That didn't stop me though, I was determined, I was going to draw this cute little munchkin no matter what...and he was gonna look real too. To make sure my finished product looked like the babe, I went ahead and actually measured the picture out and made a grid! This is big...I never do that. This picture of my nephew took me two days to complete, he had to look like himself ...it had to look good, so I really took my time with him and was careful that every square had what the real picture had. Finally! I was done. I stepped back and looked at him. I was so pleased! He looked like himself. So after all, all that grid work and careful calculating paid off. I then signed it and placed it in an envelope. The parents loved it, and now have it framed  and hanging in their house. :) I am so glad I was able to do something like that for them! I loved drawing my nephew..best subject ever!