Sketchings

We have been looking at sketching and as our topic is our local environment (including the wonderful hills and mountains and forests that surround us), we thought we would have a go at sketching some leaves from the trees in our grounds.  

We have looked at a brilliant video about a child called Austin who wanted to get better at drawing a butterfly and have tried to draw a few sketches, focusing on changing 1 thing each time to make them even better.  

We have also tried to do some shading using darker lines, cross hatching (like Shoo Rayner) and smudging. Can you tell which is which?

What do you think of our drawings?  Thank you for leaving a comment!