I think I started at the man’s right forearm and drew a continuous line that stopped at his down-turned mouth. I continued with a lift of the pen and drew the hollow under his lower lip, finishing with the outline of his cheek. I completed the drawing with two more lines: the first included the […]
I was the only other person in the waiting room. It was early, and there seemed to be enough time to draw at a leisurely pace. At first, the man’s arm was above his head. That didn’t last long. I finished the sketch with the more relaxed pose you see below. I had a chance […]
I like this one as is: ambiguous, with no internal face parts. The man’s posture is relaxed. However he could be impatiently looking at his watch, waiting for someone.
I was looking directly at the customers in line as I drew them. But the line was moving so fast that I ended up completing one figure with the body parts of another. That is, when a person moved up in line to the cashier and another took his place, I finished the first figure […]
I did not capture the teacher and student in the same moment. I began the exercise by sketching the man with his flannel shirt sticking out below his coat. He was facing away from me. The teacher became animated and therefore, a more interesting subject. However, there is no visual dialog between subjects.
Some people come to the bookstore to get work done.
I captured the relaxed and pensive mood in this expressionistic drawing.
People with neck tattoos are some of the most interesting to draw.
I drew this using a combination of blind and ‘normal’ drawing techniques. The distortion in the girl’s shoulder emphasizes her relaxed attitude. I’m sure that the blind sketching method is responsible for that.
This is an example of the drawings I do without looking at the paper. I have described drawing a family gathering such as this, as akin to drawing a landscape. The outline is virtually the same as a skyline. In most of my ‘blind drawings’, I peek a little bit, to get my bearings. In […]
