What to sketch - ANYTHING! Anything that catches your eye because of its shape, colour, pattern, lighting, subject... Sketching anything will improve your powers of observation and your drawing skills.
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Sleeping pets...
family members...
Pictures in magazines..
Animals on a day out...
Clouds...
Pets, more animals on a day out...
Sleeping pets...
Interiors..
Horses seen from a window..
Boats at sea
Views on holiday - here, Rouen in felt-tip 
When to sketch - as often as possible. At home, on holiday, on days out...
How long to spend sketching - even just 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes will be enough to record basic shapes. Learn to record essential shapes quickly, e.g in 5 or 10 minutes. SIMPLIFY!
Obviously if you have an hour or two to spend you can create a more finished sketch.
What materials to sketch with... pencil, biro, pen and ink, felt tip, coloured pencils. watercolour pencils, watercolours, pastels... etc... or any combination!
Bordeaux garden in watercolour
Clouds in coloured pencil
Roses in biro
Beach in coloured pencil
Garden in watercolour
My husband reading, in watercolour
Ornaments, in watercolour
Oyster shell, in watercolour
Another oyster shell in watercolour
View from my bedroom window
Sleeping cat, pencil. Note: uncorrected.
Local view, watercolour pencil
In my daughter's flat
Flowers in my mother-in-law's house
More flowers in my mother-in-law's house
While sailing in Ibiza
While sailing in Ibiza
Sailing home from Ibiza
As you see above, a sketchbook will also provide a useful reference for future paintings if you record shapes - cats, dogs, boats, clouds, children playing on the beach, flowers or plants in your home, trees in your garden, household objects, people sitting, standing or walking, houses around you, mountain shapes...so keep sketching!
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