Super Quick Sketch. My Nephew And Niece Are Basically Adorable. Nephew's Favourite Thing In Life Is Sharing

Super quick sketch. My nephew and niece are basically adorable. Nephew's favourite thing in life is sharing ALL OF THE TOYS - chief among which, obviously, is Rubber Duck. 

A rubber duck is for life, not just for bathtime.

Lesson learned: babies are hard to draw - at least, they are if you don't just want them to be blobs with faces. But squishy baby toes are SQUEEEEEEEEEE.

My first ever commission! Following yesterday's sketch, my nearly-sister-in-law asked me to draw a picture of the aforementioned niece that she could hang in the nursery. So, er, here she is with her pal Woolly Mammoth, obviously.

(I'm not very well today, evidenced by the fact that I uploaded this post earlier and only realised a few hours later that Woolly was missing a pair of ears... d'oh!)

There may be more of these to come, if I actually manage to shift this lurgy...

Definitely not a game-changing still life. Just an excuse to try out the watercolour pencils I bought this week. I've never used them before, hence blotchy shadow-ness.

I think I might need to be a bit more liberal with the colouring before I add the water, too ... it all just looks a bit faint and, well, pencilly as it is. But not too shabby a first go, I guess.

(Plus, unlike at life drawing today, I got to eat my subject once I got bored.)

(Apples are easier than people. People are harrrrd.)

Still ill, but feeling well enough today to at least use a ruler to draw boxes, so that’s an improvement. 

The upside to being ill is another day in bed with the Granada Holmes boxset and another instalment in the thrilling adventures of Mrs Hudson.

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"It's OK, I know a shortcut!"

This is basically what happens every single time me and the Chap go anywhere.

A big-haired lady.