Drawing

So thanks to Russ' Christmas gift (a drawing instruction book) I have found a new hobby (?). I have started learning to sketch & draw. I am finding quick sketches difficult but I'm learning. I have really enjoyed the lessons. I'm not finished with the book yet. I'm stuck on a self-portrait. So far I've drawn boxes, cylinders, city streets, folds of cloth, clouds, mountains, mountains with clouds, arms, legs, ears, eyes, noses....... It's a process. I've always done a little drawing off and on but it was always kind of discouraging. Now I feel as though I'm getting a good foundation and I'm making much greater progress. I am going to attach my two best drawings to date. I'm working on one now of myself & Russ from a picture. It's going better than I expected. I have learned that a drawing (for me) is not something I do in an hour or sometimes even a day. The first one (of which I'm proud) took 4 days. The second a full day. I've been working on the current one for three days. Sometimes I feel very self-indulgent when I'm spending hours doing it but Russ insists that's what I'm supposed to be doing. What did I do to deserve him???