One of my daily doodles produced a sketch of a kid flying away with an octopus. I’ve since thought of many iterations of kids having a fantastic-fun-time with animals but this is the only one that made it beyond a doodle.  

I haven’t painted since I was a freshman in college. It’s been even longer since I attempted anything realistic. This portrait has distorted features but I was happy to discover that I can still mix paint from primary colors and layer it into something that at least resembles a human. Might want to try and emphasize the distortion rather than “fix” it.