On to Drawing and Lettering

What are my two biggest fears in this discovery journey?  That  I won't be able to develop my drawing skills to my satisfaction and that my lettering skills will continue to look like my 1st grade handwriting.  This is where practice will really be important.  I did this little tea cup sketch and lettering for ICAD:

I'm not totally unhappy with it, but I want to be able to produce fluid drawings that look reasonably skilled. How will I get there?  Practice, practice, practice.  I think in any free time I have today I will redraw this sketch (and lettering) until I understand the elements involved.  I think those elements include perspective and proportion, with a good dose of shading, shadowing thrown in.  In other words, all the basic drawing skills. I will draw coffee mugs and tea cups until I get it right!  I will draw them the rest of this month if necessary!  I can conquer this fear!