It can be a real challenge to paint children. Their bone structure hasn't fully developed yet - making it difficult to distinguish planes. Their skin is perfect - not a wrinkle or fold to help tell the story. Plus, they are so darn CUTE it's a hindrance; it's tough painting "cute" without painting "cutesy." These two guys were fun to paint. The contrast of their skin tones was helpful; the eye glasses were a nice hard edge contrast to all the unblemished skin going on. And whatever was happening that was causing their little hands to fold like the gentle waves behind them was "cute" without being "cutesy."
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It looks to me like maybe there was enough cold in the air to make those hands clasp tight for warmth. Or maybe they were trying to squeeze bits of the sea from the sand granules.
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