Stop and start people
Posted: November 5, 2020 Filed under: Uncategorized 17 CommentsI arrived early for an appointment in town, so I had a bit of time to draw. From my car I had a good view of the intersection of two busy streets. At 9 a.m. people were on their way to work, stopping at the traffic lights for ten seconds or so, and then crossing.
From where I was sitting, it would have been much easier to choose a static scene of some buildings that I could see in the distance. But I can draw buildings any time. I chose to draw the stop and start people at the corner, even though I only had a few seconds to draw each one before they moved on. What I miss the most during this pandemic is drawing scenes of city life. Any city. What about you? What would you draw if you could more around a little more freely?
Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook 
I long for wide vistas, seas and deserts
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Renee, our worlds have become so small, haven’t they? I could also add your list to my list.
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Not even exotic locations, just the old Montréal or the old Québec architectures would be fine. I live in the countryside and I miss urban sketching.
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You must be missing that if you live in the countryside. It’s hard these days even to travel between regions. Let’s hope we can move around again soon.
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What a good idea Shari, time drawing people is never wasted.
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That is so true Doug! I need to get out more!!!
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Even with limited time to draw, you got the gestures down and each one is an individual. No easy task. Nicely done.
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Thanks Jeff! It did feel great to do this! A lot better than drawing from a Zoom model, that’s for sure.
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love these – I do the same thing a lot but yours are so much more polished especially with short timeline
gives me another great goal – thanks as always
soni
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Thanks Soni! Over the years I have become faster, and I do like to draw in pencil, so this felt good. And reminded me that I need to do it more often.
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These are great! You had a great idea of a location to sketch people. I had just posted on my blog today how after not sketching people for so long, I think I have lost my mojo for doing stealth sketches of people nearby. I was at an auto service center yesterday and just couldn’t bring myself to sketch the people sitting on the other side of the room. I’ve sketched there many times in the past. I’ll have to try some “on the street corner” sketching.
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Joan, it really is hard to get back to it when you haven’t done it in a long time. But you will see, it comes back quickly. And you seem to get out more than most people these days! Hope all is well.
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I absolutely miss sketching people the most. I haven’t sketched in a cafe or people on the street since March. 😦
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Hi Tina, Great to hear from you. I guess there are only so many utility poles one can sketch, right?? There’s nothing like drawing a real live person… Hope all is well in Seattle!
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Delightful quick sketches and a sweet series of random humans!
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Thanks so much!!
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I miss people-watching and people-sketching in the mall.
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