# Kittens and Yarn **URL:** \ **Category:** Share Your Art\ **Created:** [October 15, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/kittens-and-yarn/1863 "2021-10-15T21:57:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TLP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/45deac/32.png) [@TLP](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/TLP)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/kittens-and-yarn/1863/1 "2021-10-15T21:57:26Z")
This is my first colored pencil since I started to take some of Matt’s courses in August when I joined the Virtual Instructor. My main focus was color theory and focal point. Things I never thought of before being a self taught artist when I first started. Any suggestions on improvements are welcome and appreciated. Thank you for taking a look! [IMG\_0375 - Copy|240x320](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/uploads/short-url/6g4V8XinpRnjsWhW6W0jMetn6j0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![TLP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/45deac/32.png) [@TLP](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/TLP)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/kittens-and-yarn/1863/2 "2021-10-15T21:58:46Z")
I’ll try to upload the picture again. Sorry I did it wrong the first time ![IMG_0375 - Copy](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/2/2bde5a878153effd05404daf0984fe71ee1ba98a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Denise](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/denise/32/40_2.png) [@Denise](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Denise)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/kittens-and-yarn/1863/3 "2021-10-15T22:43:00Z")
This is great work. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![TLP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/45deac/32.png) [@TLP](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/TLP)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/kittens-and-yarn/1863/4 "2021-10-16T00:46:10Z")
Thank you so much Denise. ---
**Author:** ![Maki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/maki/32/77_2.png) [@Maki](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Maki)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 7:10am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/kittens-and-yarn/1863/5 "2021-10-17T07:10:04Z")
Hi Teri, thank you for sharing your coloured pencils drawing. I love your unique and humorous approach to drawing kittens. I also admire the consistency in the way you apply the material throughout the entire drawing. Given that this is your first attempt at a coloured pencils drawing, I think this level of technical achievement is amazing. The colours balance of the whole picture is excellent too. As to some room for improvement, I might want to make the negative space larger to make the context in which the kittens are clearer. By so doing I would perhaps try to bring some feelings of depth in the scene at the same time. And it is only one of my habits as a filmmaker, but I would change the posing of the kittens so that I can bring some story-telling nature to the scene. Hope this is of some help for you! Maki ---
**Author:** ![TLP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/45deac/32.png) [@TLP](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/TLP)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/kittens-and-yarn/1863/6 "2021-10-17T21:01:11Z")
Maki, Thank you for all of your suggestions. I had thought about the negative space but did not want it to seem bottom heavy so added the faded branches in the windows. I also agree about the kittens. They need to be interacting with each other more. I really appreciate all of your help. Teri ---
**Author:** ![Ginny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/ginny/32/94_2.png) [@Ginny](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Ginny)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/kittens-and-yarn/1863/7 "2021-10-22T17:21:21Z")
Very cute. A lot of detail. ---
**Author:** ![TLP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/45deac/32.png) [@TLP](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/TLP)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/kittens-and-yarn/1863/8 "2021-10-22T22:40:18Z")
Thank you so much Ginny.