Though there are numerous ways to tell that Julia and Genevieve are girls, their shared penchant for using rainbow colors and motifs in their art is one indicator. Even when Vivi is pretending to be her alter ego, “Big Boy,” she colors with Roy G. Biv, as in this picture, about which she said, “It’s fow you, Daddy, because it says ‘By Vivi’ because ‘Vivi’ is shorta den ‘Genevieve,’ an it says, ‘To Dad’ but I wote ‘Dad’ foist, den ‘to,’ by de gwass.” I love the red halo hair.
For her part, Julia is branching out into three-dimensional artwork, like this be-rainbowed heart that has a little flap under which a butterfly is hiding. I was repeatedly exhorted to take the butterfly out and make it fly around, so of course I did.
Wait until the pop-up greeting card phase comes along!! Those are darling by the way. Vivi’s next big jump with be drawing torsos