Picked up oil pastels.

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Having adult money, my 30s is just spent rediscovering hobbies I enjoyed when I was a kid and somehow stopped doing when life got in the way. I picked up reading again, relearned how to crochet, and now I've been drawing with oil pastels.

I saw someone on youtube draw these whimsical landscapes using soft pastels, but I couldn't find soft pastels in nearby stores so I settled for oil pastels first. I haven't tried this medium yet and I think I prefer it over watercolor or oil paints.

Of course I went into what's a good pastel brand rabbithole, and was pleasantly surprised to learn that a bunch of good brands are made in Japan.

Hopefully I'll eventually move on to landscapes from still life. I'm excited.