Landscape Drawing

I bought a book called The Art of Pencil Drawing by Gene Franks the other day to see if I could teach myself to draw. I chose a rather big project to start but, I finished it tonight. At least the end result wasn't to horrendous and I'm encouraged to keep trying.

For the curious at heart I've copied the original below.

Merry Christmas Everyone~

Snow

We received our first snow of any significance starting around 3 am Tuesday morning. The snow continued to fall until it reached about 2 in. After charging my camera battery and cooking some peppermint bark candy I was able to snap this shot of the field in front of our house. It looks as though most of it is beginning to melt away. Hope everyone is having a nice holiday.

Tiptoes

Her balance begins on tiptoes.
Bare feet, hard floor dictate her prose.
She wanders Mammaw's living room.
One foot, left foot, right- look at her
Causing Papaw's blackbird a stir.
She pirouette's to her own tune,
In unperfected time and style
She crosses her stage with a smile-
This growing, six year old, fleshplume.

My poem is based on a childhood memory while visiting my mammaw and papaw.