I recently posted about giving my 6-year-old grandson a painting of his (current) hero, Shadow the Hedgehog. Read about it here.

He gets scared at night, so he sleeps with the lights on low. I just heard from his mom that she has to take the painting down and turn it around at night, because he is scared because “Shadow looks too real.

Here is the painting on his wall during the day:

And this is where it at night. Note the drawing on the back. This is the drawing he mailed to me to make sure I knew what Shadow looked like when I painted him.

You might get a kick out of what the other wall in his room looks like:

These are all drawings or colorings of Shadow he did himself. I guess none of those are as real looking as mine.

I take that as a compliment.