morning warm up

Outside the thick walls of my house, the temperature this morning is around 15 degrees fahrenheit, but I'll be here in the relative warmth of the studio most of the day, wearing down pencils. I haven't done a single drawing from life in a month. It's amazing how quickly one can get out of practice, and starting again, at least for me, is hard. But here is a start, just the articles next to the open spot on my worktable where most of today's work will be concentrated.

I had to take Gabe to school before I could get very far, and now after coming back in from the cold to pick it up again where I left off, I'm feeling the urgency to turn my attention to the activities that pay the bills, so I don't know if or when I'll finish this sketch. Oh, and for you pipe fans, that's a Michael Lindner sandblasted author.

morning worktable, 8 1/4 x 11 1/2, 2B graphite and Prismacolor pencils