Drawing with Kat

In Kats lesson last week we had to bring in a sketch pad and sketching pencils to begin some basic drawing practise. As I have studied art at GCSE and BTEC level and enjoyed it my whole life I was looking forward to this, however I soon realised as we began I am very out of practise and struggled a lot! We began by trying to draw straight lines free hand and then drawing basic outlines of different shapes. After we had done this we began drawing shapes in 3D form and then shading them to make them look even more 3-dimensional and realistic. Kat asked us to choose an object from home and draw it using the techniques we practised in class. I chose a lamp and was quite pleased with the shading however found getting the initial outline and proportions correct a night mare!  Despite struggling a lot with this task it was nice to get back to doing a bit of sketching after a long time.