This is another sketch for a painting I am going to do. The idea came to me the other night when my six year old daughter was looking through her messy room for her teddy bear’s other slipper, and all of the drawers on her dresser were open. As I sketched it out the parody grew to include more and more elements from Dali’s paintings, such as The Persistence of Memory, and The Temptation of Saint Anthony.

My daughter thoroughly enjoyed the sketch. She offered me five pennies for the finished painting, and while I was unable to grant that request, I did promise her she could have the sketch when the painting was completed. She accepted that offer on the condition that I color it in first. She’s such a Capricorn.

This is a pencil sketch for a painting I am going to do. It’s very loosely inspired by Joan Miro’s El carnaval de arlequín. I didn’t intend any meaning behind it when sketching it out. I sort of just made it up as I went along. But now that I look at it, the message seems pretty evident: kids drive me crazy. Oh, and I’m the little mechanical wind-up toy.

I don’t normally post works in progress but i’m just so happy with how this one is turning out.! I think I am at a good stopping point for this evening. It’s an 11X14 wrapped canvas. I’m doing it in exchange for a really sweet inkjet photo printer and a few other things on my “wanted” list. (I love to barter) It’s the guy’s three year old granddaughter. Cute! The colors are a wee bit washed out due to my being a bad photographer, but you get the idea.