first birthdays and first postings

Sorry for the long wait between my wordy introduction and this, my first post of actual artistic content. I've thankfully been a bit busier on the job front than I had anticipated. Top Ramen becoming my primary food group has been put off for at least another month. Huzzah!

Anyway, this past weekend was my niece's first birthday party and I had this idea for a sort of a triptych/sequential piece after getting inspired by a nifty little frame at Ikea. First, I sketched out a bunch of babies trying to figure out what look I wanted.



I decided on which sketches and used tracing paper to transfer the three final line drawings onto watercolor paper. Then, proceeded to look high and low for my watercolor paints. After struggling to remember if I had even purchased them in the first place, my roommate was kind enough to allow me to use her watercolor pencils.



I used handmade (though not made by my hand) green striped paper as a background and mounted the pictures horizontally. And then I wrapped it before I remembered to take a picture of the final product, but you get the idea.

All in all, a fun little project.