Do you like to create images? What do you use for a source of images?
Here's the same person from a photo I snapped and also a drawing I did from life while the person was sitting across from me. It's tricky to catch a likeness when you are drawing from life, so I often use photographs.
Flower sketches... Got a new drawing book with thick paper. It's gratifying to draw and paint on thicker paper that doesn't soak through to the other side.