RSI Wrist pain and Art Supply Wish List

Recently I have been experiencing so much pain with my wrist. I went to the doctors and they sent me to the hospital to have an X-ray. It turns out I have RSI, which is Repetitive Strain Injury and it is very common. Drawing is the cause as I am putting a lot of pressure on my wrist by drawing for hours at a time. There isn't a quick fix which becomes very annoying because you use your wrist with everything you do, so resting it is very very difficult. 

I was speaking to a nurse in the Xray department in the Hospital and she advised me if it is possible to assess other options or techniques to improve the strain on my wrist. I did quite a bit of research and I came across PanPastels.

PanPastels are professional quality soft pastels for artists, they are packed into small pan tub almost like a single eyeshadow. The PanPastels would be perfect because they glide on to the paper, so there would be no pressure on my wrist causing further damage. The tool that is used is called a Soft Tool, it is almost like an eyeshadow brush so it becomes very close to applying makeup, but your apply it to paper.

I love drawing portraits but to get all the tones and the pigmentation in the skin I have to put a lot of pressure onto the pencils which then causes the wrist pain. These pastels are on my top art wish list. 1 because I think they will give the most beautiful soft appearance for the skin and then I can top this up with pencils, 2 it should make so much of a difference to the wrist pain I am experiencing and 3 I like the fact its almost like painting or applying makeup. Something I love doing and blogging about. All these reasons are just pushing towards these pastels and I cannot wait to order them.

You can see the Portraits that I am use to drawing above. I like photorealistic artwork which involves a lot of detail, time and effort. However when your told you can't draw because it will cause further damage. Your left with no other choice than to explore other options. This is the option that I feel will work 100%. I will definitely get a review up on my blog about these PanPastels when I have received and experimented with them.

Katy xoxo

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