Laundry Cottage.  My picture is quite dark but there is a lot of tone in the original drawing. I'm reasonably pleased with it although the last section has been a little rushed as I must confess to avoiding doing it.  Might have to tweak it once I give it to my brother in the future :)

Unfinished picture of my brother's house in Cardross, Scotland.  It's his 30th birthday soon and I wanted to do something special for his big day so will be posting this to him as a surprise.  It is drawn from a photograph admittedly but I like to think I've added to the drawing and created more of an atmosphere than the photograph portrays.  There is certainly more contrast which I think is characteristic of my drawing style.  

Two poses from today's life drawing class in Deal.  I had such an amazing day and really enjoyed it.  If you are interested in life drawing and live in Kent I recommend visiting Deal Life Drawing Group who have weekly evening and day time life classes, which sadly I cannot go to, and monthly Saturday (all day) classes.  I am aiming to go to all of the monthly saturday classes so, if nothing else, I am able to post regular life drawings on this blog.

These are the result of attending my first life drawing class for quite a while at Creek Creative in Faversham.  
There's nothing quite like the discipline of life drawing to focus on your eye and mind.  Both these drawings were 30 minute poses after a warm up of 3 2 minute drawings and 2 5 minute drawings.  The top drawing is charcoal on a white background and the bottom is chalk, charcoal and conte crayon on a light brown background. 

The same dragonfly drawing that I posted yesterday but with black ink, slightly doctored in photoshop. I've now added it to the title image too.

Dragon Fly Sketch
Still thinking about bugs after 'finishing' the Doodlebug title bar last week.  Might be forced to add this drawing to the title too :)