Sketch of One and Four Hats

Ornamental Kale

Asiatic Lily

I bought a potted Asiatic Lily and brought it into my office to draw from observation. I placed it on …

Sketch of a Tulip from Above

Compositional study, middle horizon, image in the upper rectangle

Sketch of a Tulip on a Table

Compositional study, low horizon, image in upper rectangle

Sketch of a Tulip

This was a small compositional study of a high horizon. I wanted to show the tulip on the surface of …

Sketch of a Small Vase

I wanted to do a small compositional study of a mid-horizon. I used a line at the center of the …

Sketch of a Hyacinth in a Vase

I sketched this hyacinth for a study of a low horizon. I suppose a low horizon puts the subject on …

Sketch of a Pot

The goal of this sketch of a pot was to practice composition. I used a simple object because I am …

Sketch of a Coffee Cup, Milk Carton, and Sugar Canister

I practiced creating a still life from observation using aggregate groupings. I got everything in the group on the page, …

Sketch of a Ramekin, Bowl, Can, Banana, and Almonds

I practiced figure ground relationships by sketching objects around a bowl. Sketching the ellipses in parallel planes was challenging. The …

Sketch of Vase with Water

I practiced drawing ellipses today by sketching different levels of water in a vase. When I got near the bottom, …

Sketch of a Whisky Bottle

I practiced drawing from observation and adding lines to show volume.

Sketch of a Dripper, Kettle, and Cup

This sketch was for another exercise to use aggregate shape to put objects on the page. The sketch is a …

Sketch of a Coffee Bag, Grinder, and Scoop

This sketch was for an exercise to use aggregate shape to put three objects on the page. The aggregate shape …

Sketch of a Short Bar Cart

I have not been motivated to draw since March 2019. I tried to start up again in September and then …

Sketch of a Bottle and Wine Glasses

I did a study of symmetry for this exercise. Uninspired, I used a bottle and some wine glasses. I should …

Sketch of Day 2 Tulips

For this exercise, I needed to draw a still life subject using a wedge in the armature of the rectangle. …

Sketch of a Bookshelf

For this exercise, I needed to find a situation that could be framed into quarters of the rectangle. I picked …

Sketch of House Plants on a Kitchen Pantry

For this exercise, I needed to find a situation that could be framed using horizontal thirds. While looking around my …

Sketch of My Tub

The purpose of this exercise was to improve using horizon lines below the subject. I used a high horizon line …

Sketch of a Camera

The purpose of this exercise was to improve using horizon lines below the subject. I used a low horizon line …

Sketches of Ironing Tools

The purpose of this exercise was to see the effect of low, middle, and high horizon lines on composition. I …

Sketch of a Bowl of Pears and Limes

I needed to do an exercise drawing geometric volume, so I picked this bowl that I saw on my kitchen …

Sketch of a Shaving Set

This is a sketch of my old shaving set. I was practicing giving my line drawings volume. This took me …

Sketch of Coffee Containers

The purpose of this sketch was to practice aggregate shapes. I used a rectangle and two squares. I sketched my coffee …

Sketch of a Coffee Bean Container

A few month’s ago, I accepted a temporary management job. It took most of my waking hours to figure out …

Practice: Cross Contour Lines

This is the result of an exercise using cross contour lines to make an object appear three dimensional. In this …