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As promised, I’ve revisited Everyday Matters Challenge #34. I have to admit that the leaves still aren’t that great and if I wait a week or two they will probably be a little better. But the leaves in general aren’t as colorful as they have been in past years. (Sadly, I’ve read that this is one of the effects of global warming.)

The first drawing I did entirely in Prismacolor colored pencil. I haven’t picked up a colored pencil in a long time and it felt really nice. I liked the way this leaf had a variety of yellow, orange and green in it—it was really fun to draw. I tried to really lay it on thick so as to cover all the white spots in the paper.

The second sketch was also done with colored pencils, but I used them more as drawing pencils. I used mulberry, olive green, dark brown and burnt ochre Prismacolors for this.

I did the last drawing with bic ballpoint before my Spanish class yesterday morning. I use ballpoints when I draw at school because I can’t lug around a lot of art supplies with me. The last two drawings were of the underside of leaves. I thought it would be more interesting this way because the veining was more prominent and there were more curves and shadows.