Starting out with coloured pencils

So my Facebook page came up with a memory today. Two years ago I finished my very first coloured pencil pet portrait... well 2 actually! I did them as a 25th wedding anniversary present for my very good friends, (I was their Maid of Honor). What a journey those 2 pictures have lead me down!!!

Sorry the photographs are really bad!

1.) Nell who sadly is no longer with us.

2.) Mist