[ she only nods, at first, because she's busy trying to figure out how many colors they need to pick out, and how to explain it. but, eh, it'll be his dragon, so she's pretty sure he'll get the picture that whatever he picks, that's what he'll look like. so. ]
I need... seven different shades. Primarily his wings, his body, and the little scales and ridges along his body should be different colors, but blending it to look like a natural creature should be simple enough. [ if it were up to her, she'd be going color crazy. but she always does. she's a paint-outside-the-lines and make-the-sky-pink-and-the-grass-blue kinda gal. but she's brushing her thumb over each part of the dragon while she explains it, peeking up at him once she's done ] Now help me pick which ones I should use.
[ and bleep, blop, bloop, timey wimey, they pick out colors, and she drags him off of the bed and into the spare chair she has pulled up to her desk, which is better lit and better suited for a detailed coloring project. it takes her a little longer than half an hour, but that's with stops to ask Stiles his opinion along the way, and a few second thoughts on colors, the whole thing. by the end of it, she's used a few of her new colored pencils and oil pastels, her fingers stained all different colors and the hem of her shirt looking much the same, but she looks very much in her element. it's exactly why she was so crazy about his present. Rachel feels more at home here than she has since her arrival now that her hands are messy and she's got a project worth putting her heart into.
once the dragon is done, it's a fine mix of Stiles' favorite colors, and the natural colors a dragon should have without looking too crazy. she's ridiculously pleased with it. ]
Okay. [ yes, she's just going to kind of hug his arm while she looks over the drawing, because this dragon is about to become real, and besides a couple of geckos, it's the first big page-pull she's tried. ] Like him? Last chance to make any changes.
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I need... seven different shades. Primarily his wings, his body, and the little scales and ridges along his body should be different colors, but blending it to look like a natural creature should be simple enough. [ if it were up to her, she'd be going color crazy. but she always does. she's a paint-outside-the-lines and make-the-sky-pink-and-the-grass-blue kinda gal. but she's brushing her thumb over each part of the dragon while she explains it, peeking up at him once she's done ] Now help me pick which ones I should use.
[ and bleep, blop, bloop, timey wimey, they pick out colors, and she drags him off of the bed and into the spare chair she has pulled up to her desk, which is better lit and better suited for a detailed coloring project. it takes her a little longer than half an hour, but that's with stops to ask Stiles his opinion along the way, and a few second thoughts on colors, the whole thing. by the end of it, she's used a few of her new colored pencils and oil pastels, her fingers stained all different colors and the hem of her shirt looking much the same, but she looks very much in her element. it's exactly why she was so crazy about his present. Rachel feels more at home here than she has since her arrival now that her hands are messy and she's got a project worth putting her heart into.
once the dragon is done, it's a fine mix of Stiles' favorite colors, and the natural colors a dragon should have without looking too crazy. she's ridiculously pleased with it. ]
Okay. [ yes, she's just going to kind of hug his arm while she looks over the drawing, because this dragon is about to become real, and besides a couple of geckos, it's the first big page-pull she's tried. ] Like him? Last chance to make any changes.