Thoughts / Sketchbook

Here's a peek into my sketches from this month. Took a few weeks off of art to reset at the end of the year, and shaking off the dust again took quite a bit of effort! But I'm proud that the last sketchbook was full within a year (I did more art / wrote more!) and hoping to continue that momentum this year.  Going back to basics trying to practice different angles of the face / different lighting. Plus a pear I loved the colors of. I'm really enjoying colored pencils right now! Continuing to play with different angles of the face....

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