Its been a while since my last pear...suddenly today i had an urge to get out my oil pastels... i havent drawn with these for a long time! Oil pastels are great to draw with...i see them as a cross between painting and drawing - i love how the colours mix wonderfully!!! I always feel i can go wild with oil pastels for some reason but i also sometimes get frustrated when i cant control the medium to produce a sharp line! Not sure about this sketch...but enjoyed doing it!

As i wasnt happy with the last watercolour pencil drawing...i did another one...this time on 180gsm coarse grain watercolour paper and i think it turned out better. I enjoyed the textured paper (although maybe too coarse) which helps with the gradient shading, and i think my slightly stressed mood allowed me to be firm with the pencils and not timid! hhmmm...

Hope everyone has a great week!

Coloured water colour pencils...another favourite of mine - although im not so happy with this one. With any type of medium, I dont like the washed out watery look..i love to exagerate the colours and the intensity. With these pencils, i tend to draw in layers..starting with one colour and then moving over with another and another...slowly building up the picture...

I havent drawn with charcoal for years and it was interesting for me that i while i was drawing the pears today...i was paying much more attention to the contrast between dark and light areas. A lot of squinting went on!! I think its because of the 'blackness' of the charcoal. I dont like smudging...i prefer good firm lines...enjoying these a lot!

My passion is sculpture but i feel most comfortable with a pencil or pen in my hand - more so than with a brush. I feel in control. I have been drawing from a very, very young age..i would take a shoe and draw it or do an enlarged drawing of a stamp or famous pop stars from magazine pictures...in high school and uni, i would spend many an afternoon in the V&A drawing the giant sculptures (i miss that!) and actually my blog has bought me back to regular drawing after a baby break!!! I really want to get back into drawing even more and like the idea of some kind of personal exercise - like Lisa's 'drawing a day', or Shari's backyard photgraphy challenge or Gwen's 'portrait a day' project - theres so much to get out of these. I may start a 'drawing a day' when i have some more time but for now im going to study pears..using different mediums.