@Blue_Bird
I found a very good picture in the 5 min Artist book that actually did take me 5 min to draw and was great for getting out aggression too which was the bird's nest with 2 eggs in it. The safety pin in that books was easy too, nice when you need fast gratification or are short on time (like I was as my pdoc was running behind about 45 min and it's 30 min driving there and back too). Was a bit agitated at the wait, but darn if drawing that bird's nest didn't help it! Safety pin would have turned out better using a ruler, but I'm not a huge fan of using rulers and compasses. Working on drawing a kingfisher bird but instructions are for oil pastels, and I don't have any of those, may have to order them. Also if you don't have a kneaded eraser, it's a good idea to get one; it is used all the time to add highlights. As for blending tools, I don't use anything expensive, mostly my fingers or a tissue or Q tip for smaller blending areas. You'd be surprised how much blending adds to you picture. I'm going looking for some oil pastels and better colored pencils instead of my daughter's Walmart 99 cent colored pencils she used for school; they break off at the tip completely all the time in the middle of using them.
And in fact, I'd encourage anyone with an aggression to let out a quick outlet via art to draw a bird's nest with an egg or two in it; not really hard, probably there may be instructions online.
 
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