My project for course: Surrealist Illustration Inspired by Nature

Well, it was a funny story. First of all, drawing the face was a lot of fun, because the face was so gigantic and my little window could only show about a quarter of it, so when I finished drawing it, it was a really fun surprise to see that whole face had suddenly appeared on my paper. Then when it was time to do the rest, I was eager to get started, but I'd had a visit with my eye doctor in the morning, and my eyes were dilated, and I was wearing sunglasses. I didn't want to spend eight hours watching TV while I waited for my eyes to get back to normal when what I wanted to do was to work on my project, so I just let myself go. And that's when things got strange. Many of the greens (I used a kohlrabi as an inspiration for the head) are much darker than I had planned, and I wish I knew how to fix that. I do like how the eyes turned out (I drew them before I got my eyes dilated, so, lesson learned!) Finally, when I went to post my project, I noticed that I had stopped in the middle of the second-to-last lesson (I remember now--one of my pets needed something) and forgot that I hadn't finished that one and the final one after that. I wish I'd seen those lessons before I went all crazy with my sunglasses and pencils whose colors I couldn't even see, but they were still enjoyable even though I'd already finished. "Finished." ;) I learned so much, I was fascinated watching Marco draw his beautiful frog (my favorite animal as a child) and am inspired to try again and make better choices. Thank you, Marco, for this enjoyable and helpful course, and for helping me to understand colored pencils. And thank you, as well, for covering the world with your beautiful frogs!