(painting) Happy Birthday

My moms birthday is coming up and to surprise her we had a surprise party. She was invited to my aunts house for my cousins birthday to find the entire family waiting to wish her a happy birthday. As a rule the number 50 and the word fifty were illegal to write on the card or any gift.
I was asked to make her a big card for everyone to sign. She likes dragonflies, dragonfly ornaments fill her garden and cover her walls, so I decided to paint 50 of them on the card. I looked at the paper and scratched my head, "how am i going to fit 50 dragonflies on this card?" I asked myself aloud.
My original idea had them all flying around in a garden, but it would have never fit. That gave me the idea of a floral boarder, using 4/50 dragonflies in the corners. I then divided the remaining 46; 26 were simplified to the point of becoming dots in the background. The remaining 20 were portrayed as line drawings using a variety of colors; 19 on the front leaving one for the inside.






Time Flies When Your Having Fun Happy Birthday