I've already spent more time sketching this year than I have in the past several years combined. In December urban-sketcher and instructor extraordinaire, Liz Steel, announced that she was going to host a new run through of her 12-week Foundations Sketching course. I'd purchased the course several years ago, but only made it through the first four or so weeks, working on my own. This run through was perfectly timed! I love that she has both indoor and outdoor suggestions for each week. Her prompts meant that even when I was feeling my worst, I was still sketching.
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| My everyday backpack, with Inktense pencils |
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| another everyday item, following Liz's prompts to explore drawing visual texture |
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| exploring different ways to suggest or detail visual texture |
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| an extremely fast, 'while waiting for the bus', sketch |
But you'll note there aren't any people in my drawings. I hate sketching people! I feel really uncomfortable, I don't do it well, especially faces, and it simply feels awkward. When I do draw people in a scene, they tend to end up looking like this.
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| notice something missing? Yeah, me too. |
I've decided to challenge myself by participating in Liz Steel's One Week One Hundred People challenge. (Yikes!) To make it easier, I'm starting out with a pocket-sized moleskine and a pen. As I get more comfortable, maybe I'll add watercolors, but for now it's just pen & ink.
I got a little jump start waiting for a concert to begin last night. Turns out the music wasn't really to our taste, but I like my little sketches (except for the guy I tried to draw in profile - faces are sooo hard!)
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| quick, quick sketches |
One hundred people sketches, here I go! And to keep myself honest, I think I'll post them on a daily basis to my Instagram feed to help hold myself accountable. Ready, set, go....
Anyone else joining in? If you're already participating in the challenge, or thinking about doing so, I'd love to hear from you!
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