Playing with colors

So after being encouraged and inspired by my teacher, I decided and bought myself a box of new soft pastels to play with a few weeks ago. I was frustrated with it at first, mine was just looking horrible compared to my classmates. It was so spotty and muddy. It was a bit of a challenge to me because I've always been more line art and I draw a million lines in my drawings but I started getting the hang of it after awhile. Using a harder pencil definitely helped in keeping my drawings less muddy.

My first somewhat successful drawing. Think it was a fluke :p

Watching the parade! The model's so cute

 

I really like how this one turned out even if it's unfinished. This was  squeezed in the last 20 mins of the class 

 

attempting the "lost and found" style

Oh! I finally used the watercolor set that I bought for myself more than a year ago (>v<). I've been meaning to get into watercolor but I kept chickening out and putting it off. Finally, I got myself to sit down and use it and actually it's a lot of fun. It's tricky but definitely I'm learning how it works the more I use it. I find it amazing how I'm able to use and apply something that my foundation art classes taught me, which is value. Feels like as long as I understand values, I can work with anything, even my weakness, color. Definitely want to keep working on getting better at it. I'm just using thin regular drawing paper which isn't good for watercolor but it's alright, I'm not making masterpieces.

My first watercolor. It was a mess as I thought I put it too heavy a value for a first coat but I did my best to make it work.

I love how this one turned out. It actually turned out pretty close to how I envisioned it. I just wanted it to feel  cheerful and summer-y