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Message: <blockquote data-quote="colleenc" data-source="post: 1850411" data-attributes="member: 76425">good comments from all, I'll just add that sketching is a practice thing, and for some of us( me for sure) it is always rough when first starting that day, then you get warmed up and things get better. Usually( but not always) the first few are just rubbish, then you get coordinated and things go better.I also found when I first started out I drew very small, and had to force myself to get bigger, and get rid of the idea that small would let me get the bird faster, Phil's comment of bits, is how I ramped up, then each time you sketch that bird the knowledge accumulates until you have some of it stored in memory to draw from, muscle memory, not brain.Now your feet are set on the path to great work</blockquote>