So…when I was younger (who am I kidding…even now) I absolutely loved it when I got a new box of crayons. I remember taking them out and reading their names (carnation! periwinkle! chartreuse!) and putting them back in the box into their own little space.
I remember coloring in my books or my fav…blank construction paper (that’s the best…the first of many blank canvases!). I had the usual picture… almost always the same. I had my house (which I perfected with chimney, smoke rings, and 4 window paned windows), garden, lawn, sunshine, cloud, birds…and of course…people.
When I got to the people part…I was always stumped. What color? I tried the peachy/pinky color that was in the big box…too light or peach for that matter, I tried the tan…too tan. Brown…too brown. I, being a lighter/more olive than brown or tan or really any “normal” hue of skin, Mexican kid from SoCal with tons of FRECKLES to boot…had a hard time “finding my color”. I couldn’t just leave it white or tan or brown…because I had, still have, different colors in/on me…just not one you could find in a box.
Shopping a few weeks ago for PSD’s very own Petit Picasso…something caught my eye and I can not for the life of me wait until I get a pack of my very own to share with the boy wonder. People Color Crayons. A set of crayons (they come in pencils too) with a lovely selection of different skin tones…hello? Couldn’t we have thought of this in the 70’s???????
My little Mexican me from many moons ago would have ran home everyday from school and just colored people…forget the house and sun…maybe even the smoke rings…if I had these crayons or pencils…man I would have done some serious canvas/construction paper damage.
I can not help but flash forward to a day when I get to see my little dude laying on the floor…big pieces of construction paper sprawled out all over the place…and with that every color of the rainbow…the people rainbow of different shades and hues…one to fit every freckle, birthmark, and beautiful skin that is out there. All these colors in one box that I know he will cherish and probably want to use every single shade…to draw his ninjas with. Aaaaah…little Mexican me just got a big lump in her throat:)
I remember coloring in my books or my fav…blank construction paper (that’s the best…the first of many blank canvases!). I had the usual picture… almost always the same. I had my house (which I perfected with chimney, smoke rings, and 4 window paned windows), garden, lawn, sunshine, cloud, birds…and of course…people.
When I got to the people part…I was always stumped. What color? I tried the peachy/pinky color that was in the big box…too light or peach for that matter, I tried the tan…too tan. Brown…too brown. I, being a lighter/more olive than brown or tan or really any “normal” hue of skin, Mexican kid from SoCal with tons of FRECKLES to boot…had a hard time “finding my color”. I couldn’t just leave it white or tan or brown…because I had, still have, different colors in/on me…just not one you could find in a box.
Shopping a few weeks ago for PSD’s very own Petit Picasso…something caught my eye and I can not for the life of me wait until I get a pack of my very own to share with the boy wonder. People Color Crayons. A set of crayons (they come in pencils too) with a lovely selection of different skin tones…hello? Couldn’t we have thought of this in the 70’s???????
My little Mexican me from many moons ago would have ran home everyday from school and just colored people…forget the house and sun…maybe even the smoke rings…if I had these crayons or pencils…man I would have done some serious canvas/construction paper damage.
I can not help but flash forward to a day when I get to see my little dude laying on the floor…big pieces of construction paper sprawled out all over the place…and with that every color of the rainbow…the people rainbow of different shades and hues…one to fit every freckle, birthmark, and beautiful skin that is out there. All these colors in one box that I know he will cherish and probably want to use every single shade…to draw his ninjas with. Aaaaah…little Mexican me just got a big lump in her throat:)
Find People Color Crayons here.
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