Tomato in Color

This is my first attempt in using pastel and color in my drawings. Typically, the background color should be of a darker mixed color shade to bring out the subtleties in the main subject, the tomato. So I'm still going to work on changing the background green color into maybe brownish green Also, I need to fix the shadow of the tomato on the table. Part of the shadow is lacking on the right bottom side of the tomato. Also, I would like to try a flat, not diagonal, table next time.

The Roman Head

This is a three hour drawing copied from a roman head post card. The drawing looks younger than the original in the post card. I never knew that artists had to work long hours to get results they're almost happy with. THree hours took lots of patience from me. I wonder how much patience is taken from artists who work over a span of a week??? Drawing is incredibly soothing and satisfying. The only catch is needing to just keep at it. Work it..work it..work it.