In each of my attempts I could see that what I drew had a passing resemblance to the actual picture. My feeling of distance/length was a little off and I crossed lines a couple of times especially on the Springbok. Much better than I thought I was going to do.
I have kept personal journals since I was in the Peace Corps 1970 to 1973. I often put sketches and pictures in my journals, but have never been satisfied with the quality of my sketches. I now travel a great deal with my wife and have taken up birding as a hobby to keep me occupied as we go from place to place. Now I want to keep up journaling ( I have been lax for the last few years) and at the same time increase my skill at depicting what I am seeing in the journal.