I began a series of blind drawings. This is a technique whereby one does not look at the paper when sketching the subject. I try to use my eye to trace the contour of the figure I am drawing whilst moving my pen point across the paper. The hope is to link the eye movement […]
Sometimes I work in the morning. I sketched this company of men. It was the first time I’d seen them together.
Sampling of cafe denizens.
Intimidation? Possibly. I am always wary of someone protesting my sketching, particularly when I’m sitting directly across from them. No one has every said a thing. This woman was so pretty that maybe I didn’t want to stare. I did her an injustice.
I don’t know how many times I’ve started to sketch when another person interrupted the line of sight between my subject and me. Rather than start again, I usually try to draw the second subject, overlapping with the original one. This is harder than it looks; contour lines of the background figure are a source […]
These two were deep in conversation.
Yes, this man’s hair really was that high! I captured his slough too.
I decided to do an environmental portrait today, instead of a figure study. Although the subject is the most insignificant figure in this sketch, everyone is waiting to be where that person is seated.
There is only a hint of color in this sketch. I used brown and black to enhance the original pen and ink sketch.
Having spent the better part of this year sketching with pencil, I have some observations about the different techniques needed for pen and ink sketching. With pencil, one can approximate an outline with spurious strokes. They can be blended. I found myself approximating my pen stroke in the air above the paper before committing the […]
