I enjoyed stippling with a thicker pencil as the normal sized pencil seemed very slow and I always seem to be in a hurry with everything. I liked the process of doodling but found I needed to make some sort of pattern or something that was in my head and not just draw like a child as per the illustration in the manual. I will keep trying however as I understand the process. Using the Inktense pencils was the most enjoyable process for me as the colours are beautiful and the lines can be thicker or thin and the opportunity to add water to spread the colour added another dimention. Using the greens with straight up and down lines was excellent for depicting grasses I thought. The use of charcoal for me is very messy and I found I did not have much control over the medium, even after spraying it with a fixative. I did, however, enjoy making the marks with charcoal, the beautiful long curves and using the side of a smaller piece make a great mark. In the future I would consider using charcoal on a large piece of paper to do a big landscape to eliminate all the little details. The pastel pencils I used made very precise lines which would be excellent when painting with soft pastels. I also enjoyed very much using the water soluble oil pastels as I really like the marks made when the damp pastel was dragged down the paper. And adding water to them made them seem very versatile to use. I used a small stick and some ink to create marks that I would in the future use as small trees and vegetation at the bottom of a landscape. Very interesting marks from the stick. The cross hatching excercise was enjoyable because of the different colours available and the addition of water to blend the colours. For me the whole excercise was very interesting and I found it had an effect on my drawing of the landscape. I was aware of the marks I was making and tried to improve them. I also realize that I have to draw with plenty of time and not rush the marks I want to make.
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