At the beginning of the year I unveiled my plan to share some of my sketches with you as I learn how to draw. This is to make up for not writing quite as many posts so that I can spend time working on some other projects. It also serves as a great motivator to actually draw, which isn’t something I do very often. Turns out that if you want to get better at something, you actually have to do it.
To help me in my quest, I collected a few books. Some are instructional and others simply feature inspirational artwork. I’ve included links to a few of these books with my drawings below. If you have any books you would like to recommend, particularly a book that has helped you learn to draw, please let me know in the comment section below.
And now on to my dumb drawings…
My first drawing in Drawing Nature by Jill Bliss
Drawing of a hibiscus flower with help from Illustration School: Let’s Draw Plants and Small Creatures by Sachiko Umoto
A sketch inspired by Carcassonne: Over Hill and Dale
Sketch of an old tree inspired by a drawing in Clare Walker Leslie’s book, Drawn to Nature
Sketch of agave in bloom inspired by an image on the back of some guy’s shirt at Treefort Music Fest
Sketch of a tiny tuft of grass I was trying to identify. It’s still a bit of a mystery.
awkward botany 
Well done! grass one looks best of all.
Thanks! 🙂
Very nice! I like the tree a lot, the feeling of movement, and the agave has a great graphic simplicity – it could be used for a design. The grass is yes, more realistic, and it’s good to cement the details in your mind by drawing them. I’m impressed. 🙂
Good job! If these are your first attempts, you obviously have some natural talent for this. 🙂
Thanks! I’ve always told myself that I couldn’t draw, but I had also never really tried. I’m sure there’s a lesson there…
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