It has been a year. Seriously, though, it felt like Time has literally pulled the rug from under my feet and got me flustered with the rush of everything that has happened. Take for example my Quest to Learning to Draw with Colored Pencils. I know, I know. It has been a year now and I am yet to see vast improvements.

Regardless, I took the time to look through my old colored pencil drawings and subsequently cringe at how they had been. While fairly decent, they were not anywbere near really great. Yesterday, I had some sort of epiphany: why not apply what I had learned so far, from the nearly 10 months I have been here on Steemit?

For reference, here's one of my most favorite posts that I did: Drawing the Twelfth Doctor. It was the exact post where I realized where I was lacking, and what to do about them. Of course, execution still matters, but knowing what to improve is a start, hey?

What's wrong? First thing to do was identify what's wrong about the drawing. I'd say the paper used -- but then again, I didn't know better before. Also, there's nothing else that can be done about it but jusg improve the drawing itself. Another thing is the execution of colors -- too light. The colors chosen were wrong. It was, at best, shabby.

Unfinished attempt at correcting the drawing.

What to do about it? Apply what I learned over the last few months. Thay is, when coloring, color in a generally circular motion. This way, we can avoid unidirectional shades. The same can't be said about the hair; with coloring the hair, follow through the direction it falls.

Now, as soon as I started, I got irrationally demotivated. What if, instead of fixing the drawing, I worsened it? What if I got something supposedly tribial very wrong? Something I learned about this activity is that it isn't OK for people with strong anxiety. Not that you shouldn't do it if you're anxious like me. It's just... proceed with caution, else your obsessive compulsive tendencies will wreak havoc, and we wouldn't want that now, do we?