For This Child...

This is a project that I started about 2 years ago.  I was originally going to make it rather intense: drawn from a difficult angle, strong contrast, a large finished product.  Unfortunately, my other projects began to take over my life and I never got around to this one.  It is also a little too close to my previous show winner, and I didn't want to be too limited in my subject matter so early in my "career".

So I tucked the sketches away, only to stumble upon them again two months ago.  I was feeling ready to try again, but I also wanted to simplify the subject—at least for now.

So here it is! My first watercolor figure... that still looks like my colored pencil technique instead of painting.  Oh well, I still felt very brave and I'm satisfied overall with the result.  It's also nice to be trained as a graphic designer, because I can change the color of the shirt (original is pink) to fit the gender of the expected child.

Can be found at my etsy shop in even more colors!

Text is taken from 1 Samuel 1:27

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