Day twenty-five of The 100 Day Project for 2021.

Phewf! I'm a quarter of the way through this year's project!

This morning I woke to find our youngest avocado plant looking very much like Edvard Munch's The Scream of Nature as its leaves start to form on its hairy, little stem.

So I decided to draw him now that he's a bit more dynamic than he has been for the past few weeks.

I sketched him initially using a 4H pencil. I then shaded the darker patches and shadows with a 6B. The lighter shadows and patches were filled in with 2B. And then some tweaks and a little outline definition with an HB pencil.

Nothing exceptional, but definitely back on form after yesterday's attempt.

Today was less stressful than some of my recent days. I let myself have a lie-in this morning before starting work as a little act of self-care. Nevertheless, the top of my back feels achy, and my lower back was griping a bit earlier this evening. I need to shake that tension.