When illustrator Mica Angela Hendricks pulled out a new sketchbook she had specially ordered, she was apprehensive.
The reason of her worry was her 4-year-old daughter who was playing nearby.
Mrs. Hendricks relented, and thus began a strange new collaboration between a professional artist and a kid.
I LOVED what she drew.
Flipping through my sketchbook, I found another doodle of a face I had not yet finished.
She drew a body on it, too, and I was enthralled.
It was such a beautiful combination of my style and hers.
And she LOVED being a part of it.
She never hesitated in her intent.
She was insistent and confident that she would of course improve any illustration I might have done.
…And the thing is, she DID.
Every night Mrs. Hendricks would draw some faces for her daughter to add a body in the morning.
Later she would add color and highlights, texture and painting, to make a complete piece.
A selection of mother-daughter artwork is available for purchase as prints onSociety6.
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