I managed to make Bono look up-himself: quite an achievement (ha ha). Also, a random archer; almost as fun to sketch as horses (my two favourite things, for some reason). And a very quick sketch of the lead singer from Rammstein, with his burning angel wings apparatus; did this to try and capture the weight of the wings.

Random cats. Shadow of the silhouette was a challenge – the darkest dark is not at the limb/edge, but offset slightly from it, and it’s not uniform.

Grid cat one. Done without grid, then with the grid overlaid to repair. I was not close on nose, eyes, and mouth. Note the eyes especially – the real width was double what I had.

Grid cat two. This little guy took about 90 minutes. Graphite – B, F, H, 4H. All with the grid. I darkened the shadow in the window to make him stand out more – could have gone darker. Actual size 6″x4″ (on my laptop screen it’s almost the actual size).