A Quick Morning Sketch

I have a long list of things that need to be done around the house but I'm still recovering from our latest bout with COVID so I don't really have the energy for much. I've been sick for over a month at this point so this is now very much beyond old.  I feel like I've been sick with COVID every summer and every winter since the pandemic started!  

Our Christmas celebration with the grandchildren is this coming weekend after cancelling Christmas due to being sick last month so there really is a lot that needs to be accomplished around the house.  Actually, now that I'm thinking about what needs to be done, I have some cooking to do too.  Uggg...  I'll have to get started on that tomorrow.  

In the meantime, I took a little time this morning to do some sketching.  I haven't sketched anything in quite a while so I collected some art supplies and spent a little time this morning creating a small scene on a smallish sketching pad...

I'm always a bit of a harsh critic of my own work so what I'm going to say next comes as no surprise...  

Something about this sketch is looking a bit wonky to me but I'm not sure what it is at the moment.  Right now it is already obvious to me that it needs some much deeper shadows...  and I think some shapes are just too chiseled.  Overall, it is a bit flat.