Colored Pencil

WARMING UP

Just as you warm up before exercising, it helps to limber up your drawing muscles (including the right side of your brain) for the task at hand (pun intended). On a piece of scratch paper, play with different scribbles and lines, change the pressure, and try holding your pencil in a different way. A friend of mine who suffered from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome found that if she held her pencil at the very end like an oil painter holds a brush, she was able to draw comfortably for hours. Her experimentation and passion for art led her to develop a beautiful, unique style of drawing that never ceases to amaze me.

Experimenting with Lines I ...