Transformation of pencil drawings

This small coloured pencil drawing began as a simple one, without showing much force in the application of the lines of the drawing.
As I worked on it, the colours became more contrasting and the lines were drawn with more force, creating a more dynamic piece.

Colored sketches on dark paper

Colored pencil drawings on paper. These are two of my newest ones.

Serious girl

Dark nude

Art being therapeutic

 Art
     and the application of color. The pressing down of each pencil stroke to build color upon color. The discovery of how white can be used on blues and reds, and how the paper underneath peeks through. The creation of an image. The releasing of tension of each small, yet powerful application of a line. The energy the line produces, the difference in different areas of the design. The way the eyes stare at the artist, the changing of the expression of the mouth. The contrast of bright colors and duller ones.
Art
   and the realization the drawing is just about done. The final touches, the satisfaction of completion. The looking at, the photographing. Seeing the drawing under different lights, chosing, where and how to get the best image across.
Art
   the creation, the doing, the thinking, the mental processing. 
MUCH more than just drawing a picture. The many steps, the final completion, and the beginning again, perhaps next time better, having learned something in the process.
Art
   it IS therapeutic. A release, a creation, a relationship with the paper, just you and "him" or "her" or "it" telling you "put this color on next" "give the next line more power" and finally at the end the work tells you "finished".