I have had many sketchbooks in my life come and go. Most of them are started and then left alone, unfinished, forgotten, lost, or (worst) thrown away.
Why is this? Well, I think it is because of the lack of direction when I spent time drawing in my sketchbook. My personality needs direction. With so many things to choose from I got distracted and it became hard to focus and create. Whether that is you or not, directing your focus to the study of one thing is very effective in sharpening your skills with drawing.
Thus, the case for direction with your sketchbook drawings.
I suggest that you choose a subject matter to practice in your sketchbook until you have increased your skill with drawing it. Stop when you get board or frustrated and move on to something else, but choose one thing to focus on and sharpen your ability to render it. You can always go back to those things that frustrated you as you become better at drawing and these exercises in your sketchbook will do just that.
Here are some examples of some individuals who kept sketchbooks, focusing on a main subject at at time:
da Vinci
The Wright Brothers
Thomas Edison
Monet
Frida Kahlo
Views from other people's sketchbooks:
Here are some suggestions of things to focus on:
*Celtic knots (project #7)
*focus on a particular detail in nature (ex: clouds, trees, leaves, insects, stones...)
*Letters and different ways to "decorate" them. Block them, make them 3D and put pattern in them or shade them. Create designs with words or phrases
*body parts, focus on just the arms, hands, eyes, noses, feet, hair...move on to faces...then to the whole body
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