Lesson #1 - Pear
Ok, so this isn't the usual post on here. But there's a number of factors....... I'm still getting to grips with coloured pencils as a medium so I've invested in some books. One of which I have now read from cover to cover several times and this one in particular is now proving to be the favourite. It has several exercises in the back, and this is my adaptation of exercise #1. The kids started back to school today, all be it for 3 days so its been a busy weekend getting things ready, and of course this Friday is the big wedding. Yes, we're having a small gathering at the house to celebrate the wedding, so there's a few preparations ahead..... SO this week I shall be opting out of IF, and probably wont get a lot else done picture wise. But to keep my hand in things I thought I'd practice from the hymn sheet so to speak and get to know this medium further. With that, I also had delivery of yet more colours from the range. I now have stock of just over half of the 120 in the Faber-Castell Polychromo range. It was like Christmas on Saturday when they were delivered. I really am liking these as a medium, but there's still so much to learn. I keep saying I want to do a step by step of how I get to one of my finished pieces, more from a learning point for me so I can look back and think 'you plonker', but I get so carried away once I start a piece that I forget to take the all important photos. This effort is by no means perfect, but I've learnt an awful lot in the 3 days its taken, and that's the most important part. Enjoy!
Ok, so this isn't the usual post on here. But there's a number of factors....... I'm still getting to grips with coloured pencils as a medium so I've invested in some books. One of which I have now read from cover to cover several times and this one in particular is now proving to be the favourite. It has several exercises in the back, and this is my adaptation of exercise #1. The kids started back to school today, all be it for 3 days so its been a busy weekend getting things ready, and of course this Friday is the big wedding. Yes, we're having a small gathering at the house to celebrate the wedding, so there's a few preparations ahead..... SO this week I shall be opting out of IF, and probably wont get a lot else done picture wise. But to keep my hand in things I thought I'd practice from the hymn sheet so to speak and get to know this medium further. With that, I also had delivery of yet more colours from the range. I now have stock of just over half of the 120 in the Faber-Castell Polychromo range. It was like Christmas on Saturday when they were delivered. I really am liking these as a medium, but there's still so much to learn. I keep saying I want to do a step by step of how I get to one of my finished pieces, more from a learning point for me so I can look back and think 'you plonker', but I get so carried away once I start a piece that I forget to take the all important photos. This effort is by no means perfect, but I've learnt an awful lot in the 3 days its taken, and that's the most important part. Enjoy!
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