Keeping My Hand In...
So, while I haven't been sketching madly, I have been trying to get back into practice. So, here's a bit of what I've been up to...

A feather I rescued from the bottom of the Impossible Son's backpack. It was rather bedraggled and beat up, and thus completely irresistible to me! I think I might have been a bit heavy-handed on the shading and detail, but... I'm still pleased with how it came out!

I'm still trying to get the hang of drawing hair, and the Impertinent Daughter was being so obligingly still and oblivious that I couldn't help taking advantage of it! The hardest thing about sketching people is catching them unaware. Otherwise, they're likely to get up and rush off just as you're either really getting into it, or at a tricky spot!

One of Miss Priss' many pencil cases. If I'd had more time, I might have attempted color, because it's a very bright little case!
Now, if the Impossible Son would just stay still long enough... or the cats...

A feather I rescued from the bottom of the Impossible Son's backpack. It was rather bedraggled and beat up, and thus completely irresistible to me! I think I might have been a bit heavy-handed on the shading and detail, but... I'm still pleased with how it came out!

I'm still trying to get the hang of drawing hair, and the Impertinent Daughter was being so obligingly still and oblivious that I couldn't help taking advantage of it! The hardest thing about sketching people is catching them unaware. Otherwise, they're likely to get up and rush off just as you're either really getting into it, or at a tricky spot!

One of Miss Priss' many pencil cases. If I'd had more time, I might have attempted color, because it's a very bright little case!
Now, if the Impossible Son would just stay still long enough... or the cats...