Nothing cuter than your own sleeping kid…especially after a long day.  Recently, I came across these photos of this collaboration with Myla several years ago that I don’t think I’ve ever shared…

It started with a little ballpoint pen drawing I did of Myla, asleep, cuddled up next to Donkey.

Myla saw me sketching it one day, asked what I was drawing, and if she could draw what she was dreaming about.

She drew herself with a little toy she had built, surrounded by a protective unicorn, wrapping a huge horn shield around herself, keeping out a mean little dream dragon.

Later, I added details to the drawing, filling in the spaces with decorative doodles.  Sometimes I try to explain what’s going on in the drawing, or what things are (like adding scales to the dragon, or toys under the drawing she did of herself), and other times, I just add decorative swirls to sort of tie it all together.

She’s the one who added the words “I wish” at the bottom.  (More likely, I think she meant to say something about dreaming, but this was a few years ago, when maybe her vocabulary didn’t have the distinction.)

Once it was all drawn out, I painted it in acrylics, starting with the central figure first.

(I remember the very first time I tried to draw Myla, and I was so intimidated by it.  Now, I feel so comfortable, it’s very easy to highlight all the beauty I see in her–inside and out.)

And finally, I added light washes over everything else, to keep the attention on her in the center with all that craziness going on around.

And that’s the final piece!   It was funny coming across these progress shots, and realizing I never shared them.

But one of my favorite things is that a few years ago, I ordered several throw blankets of our artwork from our own site as Christmas gifts, and I don’t mean to get all excited, but  they were the COOLEST THINGS.

They’re so soft and awesome, and the print quality is amazing.  That year, I got one for everyone on our Christmas list, and I even got several for us to keep.  I just had to–they were SO COOL.  Myla has one of herself as a winter centaur in her own bed.  We have “Imaginary Astronaut” on our bed, and “Aquatic”  in our living room.

Anyway, I didn’t intend for this post to be an ad for our S6 shop, but if I really like something, I want to share it!  If you feel so inclined to wrap yourself up in some of our collaborations, you can go to our Society 6 Shop and order what you please.  (Especially since while I was writing this post, I just noticed there’s a 20% off and FREE worldwide shipping sale until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT-19 June!)