I have been trying to spend about twenty minutes a day sketching. I am getting better, but I know I have a long way to go. Here is a still life of a shoe I did.
I realize I get so focused on the object I am trying to draw that I forget that it does not just float in space. It is only as I am posting this that I noted I did not draw anything into the background, not even a shadow. Well, t least it looks like a shoe.
This sketch was done with the help of a youtube tutorial on sketching trees and mist I am not happy with most of it but do notice improvements are happening. This is also the first time I practiced drawing with and eraser. I do like how how the pathway came out after I did the shading. I also like the little grass wisps I practiced on the left slope.
I am trying (and failing) to work at my sketching for at least twenty minutes each day. While I have not yet mastered the discipline of daily sketching I am doing more art work now than I have ever done. This sketch is one of my first attempts to portray moving water. Obviously I have work to do.
Lillie-Put 