Trying out color

This is the image that inspired me to take my next trip..

No, I am not going to talk about the trip here, because it was a sort of wash-out.

And no, I am not talking about the model here, 'cause the sketch does not speak true. Any resemblance to any person, living or dead, is purely coincidental :), not due to the best effort of mine.

All I wanted to say was,now trying my hand at crayons n oil pastels for the first time. Mmm, first time since class 3 maybe. And it is so so difficult ! No wonder all those drawings kids make in prep classes are ssso on the messy side. All those colors, they just dont appear where you want them to .. they start overlapping everywhere ! And then there are no erasers to rub them off; at least I didnt have any..
So the first time I tried an experimental A for Apple, it looked like a blob of red, but thats it. Then i moved on to a B for beach ball. I am pretty sure when I did this stuff way back in class 3 I did better :D

ok so I improved a bit, ;) now I am on H for holiday, which is this pic .. but then theres a lot of way to cover .. so if u know any really really good websites for this, then do tell me !

n do you know, a small pack of wax crayons from faber-castell costs only rs 5 !