It All Started With A Father's Day Gift Idea.....

It all started with "What can I get our father for Father's Day?" 

After all, he is 92 years old and has everything that he needs in life

including a wonderful and delightful new bride! 

We all love her so much and we are so happy that they can enjoy each other's company 

and plan adventures together each day. 

I thought of writing a poem letting him know how much we honor and love him 

but I gave him something similar to that a few years ago. 

I went through the sock thing and the tie thing and the book thing and nothing seemed right. 

Then I thought, 

"Hmm....I could do a watercolor of him and Grandma Georgia!" 

So I knew I couldn't draw faces, or hands, or feet but I could do a little silly, funky thing

which opened up this vision of ideas and fun things to try.

Dad and Grandma Georgia's note cards turned out so cute that I decided my sons and son-in-law needed to have a set for their very own Father's Day.

Of course, Jason's family was first....because he was "the first"!

 But I find that I always improve upon my ideas and get better as I go

and so I did an addendum of my oldest son's girls. 

Eva Lou loves horses and so a pony tail and cowboy boots were in order.

Beth is tidy and tall and perfect at everything 

so she just needed that braid and a more grown-up look.

Jae was cuter in the original but I can never make things look the same no matter how hard I try.

The original of the girls was sent to their father upon request 

and is framed and mounted for office-viewing everyday.

My daughter's family was next 

and it just turned out perfect right from the beginning and I didn't change a thing!

10 darling note cards arrived just in time for my son-in-law's Father's Day

 The funky family characters were starting to get better and better with each new painting. 

Because our little KK is the pride and joy of our whole family

she was my last little person and so fun to do.

I found that I was having this special connection with each family member as I tried to capture their personalities with my watercolor brush.

 It just didn't seem right to leave my husband out of the Father's Day fun

so I added in the things that he and I love and away I went.

Then I forgot that I can't do faces and hands and feet and made a total mess of Minnie.

Watercolor is very unforgiving. 

Oh well...It all started with a Father's Day gift idea.........