This is a pencil drawing of Max the cat. The very bad cat. He was lying on top of my sketchbook when I came into my office after getting a cup of coffee. I pushed him off (gently), and he just went limp and kind of lolled on the desk a few inches off the...

This is a line art drawing of my office window that I drew today: I like the way it came out. I took me about twenty minutes to do, which is good to remember when you are procrastinating your drawing for the day - it really is not a huge time commitme...

This is so bad I almost don't want to post it, but it is important to put it up here, because I have to start somewhere. I drew this self-portrait as the first exercise from the book The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards. It...

This is a pretty standard early drawing exercise. Its a good way to record where you are at the beginning of your study of drawing. So I did a drawing of my hand to show you how badly I draw when I'm out of practice. Alas, getting into practice may t...

This is a really simple line drawing that I did for my daily drawing. I was just sitting on my couch, stumped about what to draw, and so I drew this. It came out better than I expected. Its weird how I struggle with finding things to draw, and then a...

I did a self portrait back in March when I was starting the exercises from The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, but I did another one to see if I was getting any better. And because I was low on drawing ideas. And because I was flipping thr...

This is the drawing I got done today. It is nothing special, but I did it just to pick up the pencil and keep practicing. I cheated here. My fingernails aren't painted, and they aren't as long as they are in this drawing. For some reason it just fe...

I drew this a few minutes ago. I'm trying to build the habit of drawing first thing in the morning. It seems that in the late afternoon and evening, almost anything I try to sketch comes out awful. Not always, but I did five whole pages of bad cat d...

This did not come out very well, but I am included because that's part of the terms of this - I show you the bad stuff as well as the good stuff. I started out drawing the mermaid that lies in a plant saucer. That's the funny thing in the foreground....

This is today's drawing: Rufus lying down. I went outside to try to draw the garden again. That did not work out very well, but I looked down and saw him, and so I took a shot at it. I think he came out okay, though I messed up his nose a bit, and his tai...

And today's drawing is: a chair. This is one of a set of teak chairs that I got on eBay after we moved into the house. They have held up really well. I like the way this came out, though the armrest on the far side is not so good. And I do wish I had drawn...

This is a skull that I drew today while I was lying on the couch again, too tired to sit up at the table. I may end up drawing a lot of things from the couch. My partner thinks this is the best drawing I've done to date. Maybe... not sure. It does not re...

This is what I drew today. Its an old rhinestone purse that my mother gave me. I never use it, so I was thinking about selling it, but I wanted to check with her first. At first I was just going to photograph it, but for some reason two tasks got cros...

Ugh. This is for all you people who either think that I can't draw to save my life, or think you can't draw to save your life. This is a bird bath that's in our front garden. Its right by a large window in our kitchen, maybe six feet or less from our ki...

I noticed my keys yesterday, and how interesting they are visually, so I decided to draw them today. Keys are a good subject for a drawing exercise - just about everybody has a set on hand, they are a good size for a detailed drawing, and they usu...

These are two drawings I did of Max and DeeDee, my two cats. I would have rather drawn them sitting up, or looking at me, or doing something more active than sleeping, but it was almost impossible to draw them when they were doing anything. Even...

This is the birdhouse I drew today. I am pretty happy with how it came out. Some of the lines could have been erased, like on the top right side and the round base (which I completely mucked up...), but a lot of the lines came out right the first tim...