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Another pencil sketch of a photo of a pair of birds I found on the internet. You can do live sketches of subjects right in front of you or from a picture or photo. Sketch as often as you can. I try to draw at least once or twice a week, do two or more subjects in one sketching session. Like I always say, practice makes perfect.

Here's another great site for you to visit - Drawing Blog by Mitch Bowler. The site consists of free lessons (PDF files - you will need an acrobat reader for that - Google the software) on drawing caricatures, cartoons, portraits etc. IT offers a step by step guides on "How to dos". A goldmine for beginners in the field. I have yet to really improve on my portrait painting skills and have bookmarked this place. I've also added a link to his site on my side menu (check that out). You can subscribe to the site or contact Mitch yourself. What are you waiting for? Go!

Lanzones is a native fruit in the Philippines. I love doing fruits and what better subject would their be than our own  produce?  Not only does practice make perfect, it also speeds up your ability to draw and paint . Before, a project like this would've taken me longer to finish. This one was drawn from an actual lanzones fruit placed as is on a brown top.  Here's my practice sketch and acrylic applied after a photo of the initial drawing. And here's a photo of real lanzones