Found this American toad on a trail at Taughannock Falls in Ithaca NY, just sitting there watching us hike by. Drew it in graphite over a few coffee shop sessions. Somewhere in the middle it stopped feeling like a drawing and started feeling like sculpture. Knew it was done when it held still for me

A realistic pencil drawing of a toad is displayed on an open sketchbook, held next to drawing tools and a pen clipped to the book.