Last night I painted Baby Aaliyah's blue "tongue" using FolkArt acrylic color by Plaid, #753 Rose Chiffon. I applied paint only to the tip of a fine-tip paint brush and "swabbed" the paint brush over the blue area inside her head. I did the same thing for her brother this morning, whose "tongue" was bright red instead of blue, but discovered something strange.
Amiri-Adam's tongue is not stationary like his sister's. It kept flopping around in his head each time I tried to apply paint; so I used tweezers to exteriorize it. Pretty weird looking, right?
Next, I painted the outer area of this mysterious rubber thing and am now allowing it to dry. After it dries, I'll reinsert it into his mouth in hopes of achieving a normal-colored, relatively stationary tongue.
By the way, Baby Aaliyah's artist-given name, original date and time of birth are: Amya Jaysha, 01/09/01, 17:45. I found this information on the flip side of her ID bracelet. I never would have remembered this without looking.
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Addendum, Friday, March 19, 2010, 17:59: Here is Amiri-Adam's final photo for now before he and his sister are placed back on display. Removing his head and the original rubber substance was required. I painted a pink balloon using the Rose Chiffon paint and covered his mouth from the inside with it. Polyfil stuffing keeps his new "tongue" in place.
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