For Caleb’s fourth birthday party, I got him a Thomas the Train cake, complete with a solid plastic version of Thomas on top. Although, he received more than one boy’s share of presents, he gravitated right for the plastic cake topper. He kept that thing tight in hand for days. He had it in the bath and in the bed. This picture reminded me of that. The whole time I was drawing this, I was thinking about when my oldest boy was four years old. That was part of my “work” day. Did I mention that I was also in my jammies?

So, I discovered a new artist I really like, and I decided to use his technique, which is very similar to mine. His name is Greg Call. If you click the link, please look at his sketches, they’re way at the bottom.