Drawing Practice–Angelina Ballerina

I needed a break from my serious portrait study and decided to draw something fun!

My daughter loved Angelina Ballerina when she was younger and we still have all the books.    Helen Craig’s  illustrations are so whimsical and full of detail. 

I got my small sketch pad and pencil and drew this little mouse, using this book illustration as a reference.

  I started with the eye, head, etc.. and worked from there.  I used my Verithin Prismacolor pencils to lightly add some color. 

I drew the front wheel way too small,but it still turned out pretty cute.  We had a birthday party coming up for a little girl turning 4 at our church and I thought this sketch would make a cute birthday card for her!

I matted it onto some pink cardstock and added a ribbon at the top.  Then I stamped ‘happy birthday’ at the top. Done!

2 Comments

  1. THAT IS SOOOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!
    If I tried drawing that it would be wadded up one the floor and I would be very frustrated. 🙂 I can’t draw very good. 🙂
    That was a really good idea! I like making birthday cards out of what I have. 🙂

  2. These are great, Scarlett! You did a great job 🙂

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