My daughter, who has always been a doodler, wants to pursue a career in art when she graduates high school.
I fully understand how difficult it can be to make a living as an artist. But, I don’t want either of us to spend the rest of our lives wondering, “What if?”… So, we are going to take the chance.
As luck would have it, our local collage offers “Children’s Book Illustration” as one of the art majors. My daughter plans to major in that, with a minor in graphic design. I was very interested to learn that the course in Children’s Illustration seems to be as much about business and marketing as it is about artistic technique.
Here are a few of the MANY artworks that she has done recently. There is always a project on the computer, or a doodle laying on top of the desk. And, these are not a version of somebody else’s work, she creates all of the characters herself.
Like her Dad, the girl is a video gamer.
A homemade Bithday card.
Her first watercolor. Not an art class project, she just did this over the course of a couple of evenings while watching TV.
This was a quick picture she made after I saved her laptop from the “Blue screen of death”.
And finally, one of the MANY doodles that seem to always be cluttering up the top of our desk.
While this collage major may be an expensive risk, It is a chance I want us to take. An added benefit of the collage being local is that she can live at home and save money while she is in school. More than I like the idea of saving money, I’m glad we will have her close to us for a little while longer. She is a great kid.
Wish her luck!
