A Drawing a Day

A graphite drawing of a seed head from the plant love in a mist. It shows the seed head with lots of detail and a shadow beneath giving it a 3D appearance.
Love in a mist

September was the month of the Strada Easel Challenge and I made a drawing a day for the month. Using organic finds proved to be a useful way to create those daily drawings. It was a great discipline and a fantastic way to improve my skills of oberservation.

A ghraphite and pencil drawing of a single feather fills the page. The feather is ragged and there is lots of detail in the drawing.
Feather
A graphite drawing of a hollyhock seed head. The drawing is detailed and shows two seed heads and a leaf on the stem. with a shadow of the plant beside.
Hollyhocks
A detailed graphite drawing of a stem of alder nuts. There are four nuts in total and they are shown in detail with a shadow beneath them making them 3 dimensional.
Alder