The boy who got everything

I think this is a quote from the end of "Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory": "And you know what happened to the boy who got everything he wanted, don't you?" "Yes - He lived happily every after." "Of course".

Sometime's it's just fun to play with the kids. To give them whatever they can think of in the moment. Look at how cute this boy is. Can you imagine how satisfied he must have felt? He really wanted that half-skull, so I painted this:



But, just like those other boys, he still wanted that Spiderman. I didn't think it would look good to break the face up into two halves - One half skeleton and one half Spiderman. So I made a balloon. I love boys:



And while I'm at it, look at what I created for this little girl. Pearls and pretty, girls are pretty wonderful too:



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Spiderman

Three different boys. They all wanted it, but they each have their own minds. Their own personalities. Their own sense of self. Three different boys - all thinking they're asking for the same thing. "Paint me like Spiderman." But I had to approach them all differently. Here's the basic:



And this boy wasn't sitting still enough for me to paint too closely to his eyes, so I did this:



And this boy didn't want it on his face, so I did this:



Three different boys, all thinking they're asking for the same thing, all playing Spiderman. And they were all happy with their face-painting.

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(516)579-4706