I've mostly been working with digital art for the last several years. I use Photoshop, Corel Painter, and most recently, Adobe Sketch and Procreate on an iPad. I decided to get back into acrylic and introduce part of my thesis work as narrative fiction accomplished in acrylic as I don't want to 100% be dedicated to Children's Book Illustration and keep YA/Fantasy/Fiction work in my repertoire as well. Well, my first attempt to paint in years has been humbling! I need to relearn how to mix a color palette, lay down values and draw out depth! It really is a disaster of a learning curve right now. Sometimes I worry that I lost my touch but I remember a quote from my last class, "you can never lose your talent." It's buried in there somewhere. I just need to work to find it.