The ANSWER is "Draw"! Draw anything, - Any time! Every time!
The question? - Much the same as that old one about how to get to Lincoln Center! (Or is that Carnegie Hall?) It's always practice, practice and more practice! It's not always the immediate result that's important so much as the fact that you are constantly looking and drawing!
The silver sugar bowl drawing on the right isn't perfect by any measure, - just a quick sketch while waiting for my coffee! It's the result of a few minutes with pen in hand. There is some severe distortion but hey, who's to say it wasn't previously damaged rather than poorly drawn?
The two drawings, above and directly below, were made with ordinary ball point pen.. As you may have gathered earlier, this is not my favorite drawing instrument. It was what I had at to work with at the time. I have to admit it works here! My favorite is the smooth ink pen I used on the "portrait" here on the left. I find "models" like her in meetings, concerts, waiting rooms, etc.
Anything in sight is good subject matter! It doesn't really matter at all what the subject is or what instrument you use on such occasions just as long as you put the time in to develop your skill. Pen, pencil or a combined pen AND pencil like the SUV drawing here, - it doesn't matter! Use what you have!
I do have to confess: in this piece the penciled sky and cloud background was not done on site as the inked parts were. I did it later in order to show an example of combined media. (I've told you now, so there's no deception. Don't point that finger at me!)
This very quick tree drawing was done with the stump of a soft pencil, - It likely took little more than a minute. I was trying to capture the look of the sun behind the leafy tree. I didn't quite get down what I saw but I tried!
Be ready to draw anytime. Have a sketchbook with you, ready to take advantage of any odd moment that other- wise might be wasted.
Just do it!
"Open your eyes and draw, look, look, look." George Weymouth
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