The littlest kid was in need of a gifts for his ballet friends – specifically the people that played his family in the Party Scene of The Nutcracker. We decided to do a watercolor for each of them.
I did the drawings, then he did the watercolor. I love doing the project with him, and I also love the end result.
I did his “dad” first. Searching for reference online was very disappointing – there is a severe lack of art featuring male ballet dancers. I had to piece together a few ideas and come up with my own thing. I’m actually quite pleased with how it turned out.
I followed that one up with another boy – this one for his Secret Santa gift. I had no idea what a fourteen year old boy would like as a gift (as the little kid only just turned nine), and we figured since we were painting, we may as well do one for him. Hopefully he likes it. 😉
It was easy to find reference for the girls. Many many choices. I pieced together a few ideas and did four drawings … two of which the little kid painted.
This one was for his “mom” who is also in the snow scene (if you aren’t familiar with all the parts of The Nutcracker, I apologize for my casual assuming references). 
For his “sister” I didn’t want to do a girl on pointe, because she’s young and not there yet. I like the graceful feel of this one, and thought it was a little more youthful. Sweet.
Bee Girl Art 