Drawing practice

I've been going through my photo albums and finding things that inspire me to draw and practise, practise, practise. I am finding it interesting that as I draw more I am finding that there are interesting 'side effects'. One - I am not so scared to try different things. What I mean by this is that now I look at my photos and there are SO many things to draw. A year ago I would have been brave enough to try only the occasional thing. Maybe I am growing in confidence?

I've been so encouraged by the other members of the Everyday Matters group that I have even tried the impossible - drawing people as in this drawing of a street scene in Edinburgh. I have a lot to learn and have set myself some goals and I am going to watch myself improve.

Here is another sketch from my European photo album. This is the cottage from the Summer pastures high in the mountains in Norway. I love the buildings in Norway - their styles are so significant and it is possible to identify unique parts of the country by the way they have built their houses. Coming from a country where the major part of the year is spent in terrible heat I found it interesting to spend some time in a country that has so much cold weather.

Back to the drawing - there are some perspective issues here but I kind of like the roughness and the texture of the timber and the windows. The Edinburgh drawing was made with 2, 4,6 & 8B pencils and the Cottage with 0.3 unipin pen.