Thursday, March 21, 2013

The Line up



The first day of school.  Nervousness, anticipation, excitement, new shoes, new bag, new pencils.  And lining up.

School is often the first formal lining up a child has to experience. Seeing the little faces makes me wonder what's going through their minds and their behaviour and tolerance for the ritual of order gives a glimpse into their personalities and future.

This sketch is of my grand daughter's first day of school.  Head of the line, she looks like she's been there, done that and has the t-shirt.

2 comments:

Celia Blanco said...

Wonderful work, I love the expressions in the figures, feels very natural.

Jeanette Jobson said...

Its interesting to see the individual personalities of the children appear in facial expressions isn't it?