Tea Cup Souvenir

Tea Cup Souvenir. Prismacolor Verithin Pencils on Strathmore Bristol Vellum.

If I remember correctly, my great-grandparents brought back this cup and saucer as a souvenir from a trip to Amsterdam in the 1970s. It now sits on a bookshelf in my home. If you tip it towards you and peer into the bottom, an image of a Japanese woman appears.

Colored Pencil: White China

White China. Prismacolor Verithin pencils on Strathmore Bristol Vellum. Copyright 2011.

Tea Cup

Tea Cup. Pigma Micron pen in Moleskine.

Here is another old drawing from a couple of years ago. You can see other tea cups I've done here and here.

Sketchbook: Tea Cup

Tea Cup. Pen and ink in sketchbook. Copyright 2010.

Sketchbook: Cup

Cup. Pen and ink in sketchbook. Copyright 2010.

Why is it that something so simple as a cup can be so difficult to draw?