Fabric Still Lifes

Sometimes, life gets busy.
Sometimes, I can't follow my normal drawing schedule each week.
Usually, on my days off at the beginning of the week, I try to work a little on my business, a little on my next book, and a little on drawing practice. Ideally, I'll get out of the house and draw on location or at the mall so I won't get distracted at home.
But some weeks I don't get through my to-do list and still want to get my practice in before the end of the week. The solution I found was to draw in fifteen-minute increments during my breaks in order to get about a half hour of sketching practice each workday. I spend about fifteen minutes on my book, and fifteen minutes sketching with my pen. 
Although I can't practice catching movement when I'm drawing still lifes, I decided to make it a habit to draw from life, a different skill set than drawing from a picture. Because the available subject matter in one room is limited, I had to get creative if I wanted to keep my interest in practicing. 
What I chose to do is draw fabric. The amazing thing about drawing fabric is that even if I used the same blanket or towel or cloth every single time, I could drape it over the same chair in new ways every time and not get bored. Shapes and characters and shadows and folds fill the space of the page like a maze or a hidden picture game. The resulting images are kind of mesmerizing and hypnotic. 
It remains to be seen if they are something that would interest buyers, but in the meantime, fabric drawing has held my interest in sketching when I don't always want to put in the work. 
Sometimes, when I don't get to practice the way I would like, new opportunities present themselves and I would be foolish to ignore them. Instead, I try to take advantage of them!