This is a five minute sketch of one of our cats using a soft oil drawing pencil. I produce much better sketches when I work fast but seem to have to go through the process of doing a slow, careful drawing first - usually not of the same subject. Once I've got past my 'inner detail barrier', I usually find that the next drawing I do is much freer and more responsive. This sketch, which I was pleased with, immediately followed a much more careful study of our other cat's head, which took nearly an hour and I still wasn't very happy with it. At the moment, this seems to be how I warm up. I have been told many times (but still fail miserably) to draw something, anything, every day and improvement will follow..........must try harder!
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