not my busiest sketching week. i never got round to doing any more on the shoes, i had to remind myself that these are supposed to be sketches rather than finished drawings. this is the most successful of the few i have managed to do, i think the choice of materials (square conte crayon) was appropriate to the subject, i wanted to sketch it in ink but i knew i'd make a terrible mess. i didn't quite manage to get the shading effects i was after with the crayon, but i'm happy enough with the result.

i have been busy with other things, which partly explains the lack of sketching, i finally broke my block on the buttonhole-project, which i'm really hoping to get finished this week, and i had a day out in london, epic post to follow ...