Well...

So Mrs. Glenn told us to put one of our weaker pieces on the blog. It is a wonderful idea. Apparently we all need help. Although I find it amusing that we are asking for help on how to make something better that we cannot change. I bet she wants us to learn from our mistakes and get better from them. THIS IS A WONDERFUL IDEA. Anyway, so the problem with this piece was that I wanted to do it in pastels, so that the color would be brighter. However, the problem was that I have never sucessfully used pastels, and starting with something on this small a scale would probably would have resulted in a ruined card. Thankfully, I took the time before I started coloring to try to draw with the pastels just on some paper. I now have an amazing amount of respect for Rachael and Rachel and Eduardo for being able to use pastels so well. I'm definitely not that good yet. So anyway, I decided to just use colored pencils instead, because although they are not quite as bright, I was confident in my ablilty to manipulate them so that the shapes would look right. UUUURRRRGGGGG. I got the shapes right. The color is awful. It is not quite as lifeless as in the picture, but it is much less awesome then I hoped it would be. Comments on possible future alternatives with more satisfying results would be much appreciated.