Brent said I had to be looking to practice more, not less, so I’ve been practicing - I’ve drawn amphibians, birds and mammals, coffee pots, bandannas and wedding rings. I’ve added foreshortening and cross contour practice to the dozens of linear perspective exercises, hundreds of spheres and thousands of circles I’ve been drawing nearly every day since I started drawing, around a about nine months ago. I’ve also added new questions to my drawing checklist, along with ‘Whats the biggest shape and what’s its axis? Now I’m also asking ‘What emotion does this subject evoke? Where does its weight sit on the page?’

Finally coming to the point where I can make drawings that are starting to feel like drawings is quite emotional, so I am going to take a bit of time before jumping onto the next course - I’ll draw swirling whiskey glasses, time lapses of my garden and thrumming humming birds before I move onto shading.