Sketching simple still life objects is a great exercise
for increasing pencils skills, says Julia Trickey.
Grape Study
Still life in pencil
A
ccording to award-
winning botanical
artist Julia Trickey,
“Practising really is
the only way to improve not only
your pencil skills, but how you
observe – drawing what you
see rather than what you think
something should look like.“
For more information on Julia,
see page 18.