observation - drawing

I started drawing fairly small objects that I found around me at home and in the art department. These included the shrunken pineapple, various shells and the plant stem. I tried drawing these in a variety of styles; watercolour, shading, and line drawing. The background of these drawings was often omitted to focus attention purely on the structure. I went on to draw some larger structures such as the tree and the 'bays' at school. I found larger subjects harder to draw because there was always a greater textural surface to consider, it was necessary to find a balance between true form and detail(textural).