Thanks so much for your inspiring and thoughtful message Pb!
I will definitely check those books out. I already have Design Sketching which has been a great reference and just received “How to Draw” by Scott Robertson today which I think should help a lot. I also have a used copies of “Design Rendering Techniques” by Dick Powell and “Creative Marker Techniques” by Yoshiharu Shimizu on the way.
I hadn’t seen Reid Schlegel’s work before but it is fantastic. His step by step sketching tutorials are really helpful. I’ll definitely check him out on instagram as well.
Thanks for the feedback on my sketches, I will concentrate on what you’ve mentioned and will get started on practicing my horizontal lines first.
I had a general question about straight lines, when drawing from the shoulder do you usually allow your sketching hand to glide across the page for support or do you only let the tip of the pen touch the paper?
Expect more sketches very soon! 