As well as reference drawing I also had a go at observational drawing. I found it much easier to draw from an object rather than a picture as it was easier to translate an object I was seeing infront of me than one on a screen or paper.
It also allowed me to rotate the object or move around to understand it better, this first drawing I did was very rough. I didn't rotate the object I just wanted to capture it's basic shape.
I had another go shortly afterwards, now being able to focus on tone and more of a drawing style as well as translating what I saw infront of me. Everytime I looked back up at it I saw more detail, sometimes too late to add into the drawing. Because of this I did many more drawings for the observational drawings.
Observation also allows you to experiment with mediums more, rather than trying to find a style that replicates the reference photo, when looking at an object you can play around with what you use to recreate it.
I found that observational drawing also left a lot more room for personal interpretation of the object whereas drawing from reference made me feel like I had to copy the photo more than using interpretation. With this one above I chose another flower and just focused on tone to recreate my own version of it. Whereas the one below I decided to spend more time being detailed with my ink placement, neither drawing is exactly like the object but more of a translation of the way I saw the plant through my eyes.
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