![Blue grey ink strokes depicting a large dragon in front of a small girl with arm raised. I wrote underneath a birthday greeting in French for my 16 year-old son.](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0233-1-1024x768.jpg)
For my son’s 16th birthday, I painted a dragon. Adrien wanted me to paint some version of Toothless and Light Fury from the movie series “How to train your dragon”. I had intended to paint them in gouache. But in the meantime I discovered the Sennelier Payne’s Grey ink brushpen.
This is after a digital artwork sketch by William Morris-Julien who is creative director in the video games industry.
![Finished piece framed in white wood and white mounting mat](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_0231-1-1024x768.jpg)
Resulting painting framed in white wood. The picture mount hides the birthday greeting.
He liked it well enough.