with flowers in her hair

first drawing post for the year!

i should be imprisoned for spending too much time away from my sketchpad.

i'm trying to do right by starting the year with a drawing.

my use of colored pencils has been long overdue. my prismacolor set has been gathering dust since god knows when. *bangs head against microwave*

the first time i tried using colored pencils, i failed miserably. so now i decided to take it slow. slow as in one color at a time. so for today (yesterday actually. this is a late post), red is the color of the day.

originally, i only wanted to color the lips. but then i realized the orchid in her hair was red too (sort of) so i colored that too. in the beginning, it looked disgusting. hahaha. there is no other word for that red-black thingy on the left side of her face. but i didn't want to waste paper and lead so i pushed through. after all, justin bieber once said, "never say never." booyeah pop culture.

 i used a 2B pencil as her base skin color. this is a first for me. usually i only use H pencils for the skin. i've always been afraid to mess up the face. but like my great teacher once said, "never get too attached to the end products." so this is me letting go and shading it dark.

i loved how the red contrasted with the pencil. i wasn't sure i'd be able to pull off the lips but voila! overlaying colors works wonders.

 

 i could've done a better job on the orchid but all in all i think i like it.

i like it a lot. :)

delicious ambiguity.