I thought I could do justice to the photo I took the other day (Giant Clouds Dwarfing the Landscape) with a pencil sketch. The middle ground of the sketch came out the best. I captured the contrast between the white fluffy clouds in front of the gray face of the huge cloud. The gray clouds in the middle right foreground are also fairly convincing. However, the blue/white edge literally pales in comparison to the original photograph. More details in the immediate foreground could have made the sketch more interesting.

Sketch of Giant Clouds Dwarfing the Landscape
Pencil Sketch
10″x8″ 111# Moleskin Journal

Reference photo:

Giant Clouds Dwarf the Landscape
Photo