The week before last, while visiting a downtown coffee shop, I decided to sketch the wall in the alley across the street. I wanted to see how well I could render textures of stone and brick with a fair amount of detail. The challenge was to keep the line-work from becoming too "busy". Not sure how successful I was, as there is always a fine balance between having too little, versus too much, detail in a drawing. Getting that balance right is something I work at continually.
