It is hard to believe that one week of June is already done. I did manage to get small drawings done, and am surprised at how hard it was to do. Now I can really appreciate those people who do a painting a day, for 100 days or a year. I have been putting them on flickr in a set called June 2011 drawings.

The one I like the best is the charcoal sketch of the old creamer. I used pen for the others, and put a little colour into a couple. Making the time has been the challenge. The garden takes a lot of time but now I finally have it all in and it is primarily maintenance now. So I am hoping that I can put aside more time each day for drawing.

What I might have to do is schedule a specific time each day. Make an appointment with myself. It looks like we have a week of good weather coming up, so I can sit outside and put some things up to work from in natural light. I really do need the practice of working from life.

So, looking forward to week number two and see what I can accomplish. I will take my inspiration from the blog 'Drawings from Nature'. Milly (Eileen Postlethwaite) has been posting weekly drawings of her beach finds. I love them. I also envy her living beside the sea. Maybe I can walk around here and see what I can find. I did find a huge bug yesterday. But I let it go (it was very smelly). I will see what I can find.