hermenoodle | Balancing Act

While I've done a lot lately with digital art, I realize that maybe I should give some more time to traditional works that I can post and share more often. I do appreciate that there are many artists who have a great handle on traditional and digital art, though they tend to lean on the digital side more, which has happened to me. With traditional art, I think it'd be wonderful to get myself back into my usual colored pencil and watercolor work. Though, part of me wants to experiment with my acrylic pens from Christmas as well as some graphite and ink pens that have been waiting on me to use them (well, more so the ink). I do remember drawing a lot with graphite pencils than anything else growing up, while using colored pencils a bit with that. In addition to that, my interest in collages and art journaling has gotten me thinking about making zines or just simply doing a bit more with mixed media work.

On top of all of that, sometimes I woefully ignored my impulse to do something traditional for a while after I'm done with a digital painting. This is making me think that I should resort to going back and forth on with these types of art to give myself a sort of mental break doing so much digital art. Reviving my interest in collages may help on the traditional end of sharpening my eye to make my digital art even better. I'll just have to take chance to see for myself soon.