Two Cups - First Sketch

In realizing how my much trouble I'm having with ellipses I've decided to draw some pictures featuring them.  I've also decided that I'm less interested in the shading and detail work and more worried about the accuracy of the lines.  Here is my first attempt at this sketch.

I can see that this isn't quite right.  Both cups came out a bit too narrow.  Not sure how that happened.  But, I'll try again soon.

In other news, I'll be leaving to take the kids to Disney in a few days.  This trip is coinciding with one of the busier weeks I've had in quite a while.  So, It might be a few days before I can post again. 

Ellipses - My Mortal Enemy

The shape of an ellipse is my achilles heel. I never manage to get the shape right. But, It's a critical part of drawing and I know that I need to practice it. It's for this reason that I'm doing the classroom exercises from Wet Canvas; particularly the ellipses.

Here's what I did tonight. This is from a single 18"x24" piece of newspaper that I used tonight. I scanned it in quarters. Because it's essentially just doodles breaking it up doesn't cause any real issues.

I'm aware that this isn't especially interesting reading. But, I need to catalog these efforts for a couple of reasons. First, it keeps me accountable. Second, it helps me to see how I'm progressing and allows me to see later what helped me the most.