A Drawing A Day: Day 2

This sketching is also giving me a chance to run in my new lens on my semi-new camera. I'm using a 40mm fixed-length lens with f2.8, which is proving to be an awful lot of fun. It's got a fantastic depth of field, and takes stunning portrait shots, as well as pretty good close-ups.

The sketch for today was all about creating depth and form through shading. I loved this gemstone drawing I found on Pinterest, so I decided to do a much more basic version of it, using purely lines to create shaded areas versus non-shaded areas. Definitely going to experiment with this technique a little bit more.