I Confess: I Have Been Cheating on My Current Lover With an Old Friend From My Past
That is exactly how I felt when I put down my markers and picked up the pencils I received as a gift for Christmas.
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When I was much younger, I was all about colored pencil -- it was my go-to media. By the time I was in high school I was past the experimenting stage and was beginning to let my talent shine. I created a some still life drawings in both graphite and colored pencil that kind of blew me away. (Unfortunately, I don't have anything left of my art from my youth; almost all were given as gifts or lost during moving day #__)
But, for who knows what reasons, I began to deny myself my talents somewhere along the way through those four years. Now that many years have since passed, I've begun to warm back up to drawing and making art. Here today, I share with you my recent re-acquaintance with my old love, the humble colored pencil.
I have been working on a lot of different little exercises and practice-type things in an effort to remember that creative energy I used back in my teens. I'm (obviously) not perfect, but I am pleased with my progression thus far.
Kind of looks like a tomato-shape
Almost done with this one. There are aspects of it I like, but I wouldn't call it great. Practice makes perfect ;)
I have some additional pictures of my colored pencil progress that I will be posting early this week. And by the way, I still love working with ink! You can see some of my ink drawings here:
https://steemit.com/drawing/@enternamehere/every-day-in-every-way-i-get-better-and-better
https://steemit.com/life/@enternamehere/i-became-familiar-with-mouths-this-week
https://steemit.com/life/@enternamehere/follow-me-as-i-continue-my-anatomy-exploration
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Great! I love Prismacolors. They are the best
Thank you :)