I showed my painting to my partner (for the first time). He said the dragon drawing looks too professional to be a kid drawing. So it does not look like the kind of thing kids make in the snow.
Now I am stuck :face_with_stuck-out_tongue:. I am not sure if I am able to make a drawing that looks like a kid drawing. I do not remember who said it, but remember an artist once said: "it takes a lifetime to learn how to draw like a kid again."
@xin-li but he has no problem believing that a kid would be flying his own hot-air balloon with his teddy bear?
Nothing about this drawing needs to imply the kids made it 
to me it looks like they’re just having fun on it and that the only person that can see what it looks like is the kid in the hot air balloon
@xin-li I think it was Picasso who said that!
I wouldn't worry too much about the dragon looking too professional. There's a lot of fun and playfulness to your image and it doesn't need to be a completely realistic scenario... Realistically a kid wouldn't be flying a hot air balloon by themselves either 
Lots of things that happen in children's books probably aren't realistic!
If it bothers you maybe think of it this way - the dragon is drawn more crudely by the children, but it looks professional and realistic to the child because this is from his point of view, it is almost coming to life for him 
@carolinedrawing, @eriberart, @Aleksey thank you for the feedback. I know it is very fascinating that he does not react about the hot balloon or even the moon picture I did for last month. I found it very interesting how people read my illustrations, both adults and kids. People's reaction often surprises me.
I think the story did turn out to be a bit different from what I imagined originally. If I am working on someone else manuscript, I will have to work hard to get the image fits the story. But since it is my own piece, and it still fits the prompt, so I am ok to keep the way it is for now. Visually, I still like this piece so far.
I have got a couple of hours more to fiddle with the piece today, then I will call it done by the end of the day :-).
Wow, it's looking really lovely so far, such a brilliant idea! Can't wait to see it finished...
@xin-li yes, I was smiling when I wrote the post above because it is interesting what different people see. My main concern, which I forgot to mention and probably made my comment sound a little harsh, was that I hoped you would stick with it, and I'm glad to see you turned it in. I think it really works.
@Rachel-Horne thank you. I really adore your way of making illustrations. I would love to see your process - I am always fascinated by collage and mixed media artwork.
@carolinedrawing thank you.
Sorry to comment so late. This looks lovely. I really think your colors are good and I love the texture. It really does look like snow.
@xin-li Oh thanks I should do some process videos actually...sthg to think about...
