Portrait: Bella

Portrait of a little girl looking down

I took a picture of my daughter when she was almost 2 years old that I knew I would someday have to draw. It was her first Easter egg hunt, and we had bought a bunch of those little plastic eggs and stuffed them full of Peeps and jelly beans. She got her little basket and methodically went over the whole yard until she found every single one. Then she sat down with her little Easter dress poofed out around her to take stock of her treasures. She’s now 4 years old and I can’t believe how much she’s grown since this picture was taken!

This portrait was done using pencil and charcoal on 8″ x 10″ drawing paper.