Again, I had to be quick (see Transition). I did not know how much time I had before the sitter was called. He was called less than five minutes after I began some furtive pencil strokes. I was not satisfied with the few tentative lines, so I used a thick-pointed pen to draw over selected […]
I had less than a minute to sketch the person below before she was called to the desk and left her seated position across from me. The few pencil lines I drew were tentative, as they usually are when I begin a portrait. Normally I would relegate this page to the scrap heap, but I […]
I never seem to get it right on the first stroke. That’s why I use pencil and make my initial movements lightly. I saw some simple line portraits the other day that were bold, direct contours of faces. I tried that today during my 15 minute sketch time. I wonder if the bold lines in […]
