Thumbnail Sketches on Steroids
I pulled a handful of random photographs to do some thumbnail sketches. These were intended to be small value sketches - just planning shapes and lights and darks.I hadn't done drawing just for the sake of drawing in a long time, and I got a little carried away with the size and complexity. Such fun! These aren't necessarily the value (darks and lights) patterns I would use if I were to do a painting of these subjects - the whole idea of doing thumbnails is to give you several choices with the composition and values.
Drawing from photos is not my favorite, but there are lessons to be learned from every attempt at drawing and figuring out what's what. Besides - it's all fun.