A Childhood Memory

This was done for the Tomie dePaola contest put on by SCBWI each year.  The assignment was to illustrate a childhood memory. I did not win.  But I had fun doing this illustration.  I'll be honest, I had a wonderful childhood.  Every child in the world should be as lucky as I was.  Anyway, this is one of my many memories.  Reading to my horse Prince.  (He had the name before the singer, who recently died)  He was a prince of a fellow (the horse, not the singer), if I do say so myself, and he always enjoyed a good story.

Illustration done in cut paper and watercolor.