Draw wherever you are
Posted: January 17, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized 32 CommentsIn my frustration at not having much time to get to life drawing classes, I have been carrying around a thin sketchbook and some pencils in my bag, hoping to draw some faces when I have a moment. I was at a nursing home today and drew some of the people listening to the music. My chair was at the back of the room so most had their backs to me, but I got in a few good profiles.
J’adore ces dessins. Bravo!
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Merci beaucoup Marie!
You are such an inspiration to me. I am loving your Craftsy class, and look forward to your daily sketches. Thank you for sharing so freely your work and thoughts!
Hi Karen, It always makes me happy when I hear that someone is enjoying the classes. Thanks for letting me know.
Awesome sketches
Thanks so much Suzy.
Shari,
J’ADORE ces dessins!
Et je suis toujours heureuse de vous retrouver à ”mon cours” sur Crafsty. Bravo!
bonjour Louise. Merci beaucoup!!
Bravo as always – your work and lessons have been such an inspiration for over a year not only to me but my fellow Artists & students as well ; I love both your Craftsy classes. Moreover, you write as eloquently as you paint.
A big Thank You is long overdue
You are very kind Soni. Glad you like the Craftsy classes, and so grateful that you wrote to let me know.
Your profiles remind me of Kaimon Nicolaides instructions. I am carrying around a little sketchbook with very smooth paper and using only Staedtler pencils picked up at WalMart. Very inexpensive materials but I am having fun, concentrating on what you mentioned the other day, looking at dark to light values, as well as contours.
Always a classic drawing book. And a reminder for me to have a look at it again. I used a sketchbook with very smooth paper for this too. Always nice to run a pencil over a smooth surface.
Lovely. I draw at our hospital when I take Jan for her eye examinations.
Thanks Lee. I always wonder if people would be offended if they see me drawing, but most people don’t mind. I used to be so shy, but if they look at me I often turn the sketchbook around for them to see.
Nice.
Thanks Susan.
We will be all those beautiful people one day..perhaps..you have shown each personality..in your sketches..
I think I did manage to capture a little of each personality. Thanks Monique.
Excellent!
Thanks Dee!
Wow, these are wonderful! Between these and your Alice sketch, you are inspiring me to draw more wherever I am!
Go for it Susan!
Hi Shari. Hope you get to life drawing soon. Meanwhile these are a different skill altogether and truly wonderful. I can almost see you looking at the faces and letting your hand / pencil find its way around the paper. Great to have such characterful subjects too. Hope they liked them! Best, Tony
Hi Tony. Thanks. It is a different skill, that’s true. These are just quick sketches but I hope to get back to life drawing soon to work on a longer portrait. For some reason I am in the mood to draw faces. That doesn’t happen often…
I absolutely LOVE these sketches – so full of life and personality! Whenever I know I’m going to be sitting in a waiting room for awhile I bring along a sketch book and pen to sketch the others who are also waiting. My favorite are the elders because their faces tell such interesting stories. I attempt to be surreptitious but sometimes people look up from their reading or their phones because they seem to sense my staring. I like to use a pen because it forces me to not be lazy in my observations since I can’t erase. Actually sketching like that feels like a meditation – completely focused, the mind chatter is silent. It’s always a highlight of my day to open your posts. You keep me going!
You are very kind Mary. It’s interesting to hear that you prefer using the pen. I am never successful with pen portraits. There are so many subtleties in a face, and I have trouble capturing that using hatching. I much prefer pencil shading. But that is just me. Many people are really successful with pen.
These are so well done. wow.
Thanks Rachel.
Great sketches! I would think that a nursing home would be a great place for models. That’s the good part about always having a sketchbook with you…you never know when the opportunity will strike.
A nursing home is a perfect place to find faces full of character. Thanks for writing Joan.
So much character in all those faces. Good work in capturing them.
Thanks Ross.