Found my old sketchbook and colour palette that I used when I was in secondary school.
The palette has gotten dusty now and the colours are sooo hideous hahaha I wonder how did I survive my art class with those.
I can still remember clearly when I told Abah that I wanted to try doing watercolour, he bought me the cheapest he could find in store, a 12-coloured palette worth RM2.50.
Yeah you read it right.
RM 2.50
My dad must haave loved me so much -_-
Haha
Didn't blame him tho. He used to buy me a fancy poster colour set and I didn't use them. At the end, the colour turned into solids, hard as stone. Lol.
After handing me the cheap watercolour, he sent me to drawing classes at Gelanggang Seni in KB.
"Learn the skills first. Finish your sketchbook and I'll buy the watercolour that you want," was what he said when I whined about the texture of the impossible-to-blend colours.
On another note, he did not buy me the watercolour that I want.
I mean, promise is a promise.
Now, where's my Van Gogh watercolour set? Hahaha jk.
But seriously tho, he would patiently wait for me to finish my sessions, along with other Chinese kids (I was the only Malay in the class lol).
So yeah, he did love me.
Nevertheless, as he had been expecting, after a few classes, I was not really into drawing anymore and I quit.
HAHAHAHA
Took me a few years and a few Youtube videos later to change my mind back.
I was seriously so bad at it years ago, my classmate even questioned me why did I took art as my extra subject. Haha. That's how bad I was.
But I learned that things take time.
Everyone has their own pace and the journey will make you appreciate your result even more.
Like just now, when I tried using my old colour again, it didn't turn out as ugly as before :) although of course, it's not as pretty as other people's drawings, I'm still proud of my little progress.
It only means I'm moving forward, and not backward.
