This week I’ve been painting almost every day, working on some acrylic painting exercises. I also did some sketching as warm-up/good practice so I set up some boxes (we have plenty of moving boxes around after all) as a still life shadow box. I put a direct light on my little bird figurine and worked on my block-in skills. They had gotten rusty after so many weeks without regular sketching, and I want to get them back to a solid place.