These renderings were some of my first attempts at using my Prismacolor markers. I found that many of the colors were much more vibrant than I assumed they would be, probably because I have only used markers on regular drawing paper in the past (which absorbs more of the ink and the pigment doesn't seem so bright) instead of the marker paper they are intended for. With these drawings I was focusing on drawing freehand lines, but I did not make very good use of the Good Graphics I learned about from the Lin book. I have since progressed to using it much more frequently in my renderings. Markers do not act the same way colored pencils do, as I quickly found out. Blending the colors and trying to make different shades of the same hue can be very difficult, especially when you don't have the right neutrals to work with. In the future, I would do well to buy some more muted tones for my marker collection so that I have more to work with than just the basic 48 that came with my set. Still, I think my work was fairly well done for a first attempt with the medium.
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