One of the first things the book mentioned was to find a way to stage one's colored pencils so that one knew just what colors one had, and what one needed to purchase.
My colored pencils are cheapies; it's not a medium that entralls me. I think they're Crayolas, for heaven's sake. They have lived in a small cardboard box that at one time was packaging for some computer gewgaw, in a disordered pile, blues with purples and grays and oranges and what not.
Yesterday I made an effort to sort them into basic color groups: the reds, the oranges, the yellows, the greens, the blues ... and the plethoras of blue-greens and of pinks. (Lillian observed the end result of the process and remarked, "Wow, you have pinks!")
The colored pencil book was absolutely correct: I had no idea what all values and hues I had in that box. One of the projects Bernie and I want to tackle is a pencil holder for the colored pencils so that I can use them effectively when I decide to use them at all.
And since one of my Christmas gifts to Lillian is a set of colored pencils, I think I ought to start learning how to use them effectively.
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A dark secret from Yours Truly... I've had a secret obsession with coloured pencils for years; have vast collection of them in cases, tins, boxes and stands. Nowadays, I hardly ever use them. Got started thanks to an American book I found in a bookshop in Yokohama written by Beth Somebody - sadly, can't find the book in this house so can't check this for you. Could it be the same book that you have? If so, it's quite inspiring.
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