I bought a new sketchbook at Miolito! It arrived this week, hehe. Of course, All Kraft too, only in medium size. This one I want to take with me wherever I go, it will be a traveling companion so I can draw wherever I am:) <3

Before going to the other drawings, I wanted to give a Pause to comment on something that happened this week.

I participate in a drawing study group, related to that course that I mentioned in some posts here. I love to share my drawings with them, both to show the progress I have and to give tips for those who are starting out and everything else. It has always been a very peaceful group of people who like to give tips and constructive opinions. Some time ago, I and some others who could be considered “slightly more advanced artists” have received comments in our arts that we would like to appear and that this was a group for beginners only, hahaha (which, by the way, is not true). The course is for beginners and advanced).

At first I was upset, of course... and flattered at the same time. Annoyed because I know how much I still have to improve and that my art is still not as perfect as I would like it to be, but instead of pouring frustration on others - as this person did with us there - I prefer to continue working to evolve even more. Flattered because some people consider me “advanced”, haha... it's just not overnight, right? It's been 4 years of studying and practicing on your own and nobody sees that. They think we do some magic and all of a sudden we've learned or we're good at drawing and it's not like that. People think it's talent, this or that. I say that some actually learn faster than others, but no one can get there without a lot of practice. Nobody! When you say that there is hard work, it seems that nobody believes it, right? But it's true. Without practice, it's hard to improve.

I was also flattered to see the support of the people in the group for my work, people even defending me, hahaha. That's really cool. I wasn't upset by the other person's comment to the point where I wanted to stop everything or leave the group, obviously. I saw the opportunity there to give even more tips and help people who were starting out even more. And I was very happy to see that people liked this and are resolving to practice and learn even more.

Well, let's get back to the drawings:) I just wanted to make this addendum because, even for those who are starting out and may already be making more incredible drawings, receiving such a silly comment can be very frustrating and I wanted to make it clear that we should never let it affect our work. Keep doing what you do and believe me: if you are receiving this type of comment that is not constructive in your work, it is because you are doing something so right that it bothers some. Keep drawing!

I hope you enjoyed this week's drawings, guys. In addition, I wanted to leave here a link to a very interesting post that I found this week (in English) that may help those who are starting to work with pastel pencils - and even those who have been working for some time too: https://www.colinbradleyart.com/home/pastel-pencil-guide/

A great week and Merry Christmas, guys \o/