January daily sketch/painting by Marjorie Firth

Is this a challenge you’ve set yourself Marjorie? Good for you, I don’t think I have the self discipline to achieve something like this to the end. It’s a super sketch, look forward to seeing how you proceed and your thoughts along the way. I got the ‘proper’ j b’s by the way!

It's Margaret's idea ( forum). It'll be good for me, a bit of self discipline, but will try and limit it to 30 mins. No jbs left now, just a few chocs 😕

I like it, simply because it’s not over worked. Less is more as they say.

Beautifully drawn Marjorie - welcome to the challenge! Hopefully we can all keep ourselves going all month ...

Well done, a great challenge and really useful for honing our drawing skills. I probably won’t be participating mind you!

Like your drawing, Marjorie

Great drawing and such good practise for future work. Love the kitchen roll which almost appears alive. Might try to follow your example but it takes a lot of will power not to fall back on the old excuse that ‘there isn’t any time’.

Limit it to 30 mins and look on it as a " warm up" excercise ( says she, who's only done one so far ).

Great detail Marjorie.

Good tones and highlights Marjorie really. Useful challenge!

Thanks both, fancy joining?

Good one Marjorie, like the brights

absolute beauty. Colour of the paper working as mid tone works very well.

Very good charcoal sketch, with great shading.

So well observed Marjorie

Fabulous drawing Marjorie, great challenge too.