Quick people sketches

Sometimes I sketch a street, a building, something from the urban landscape around me. And it just doesn’t look right. Usually what I missing is the people. People passing by, crowds, the lon…

From a previous post, you can see how Hockney, with a few lines and gestures, can create a compelling sketch of another person. I had tried to do something similar with the 25 Second Sketches. I was a little bored one day during sketching class. Maybe "bored" isn't the right word; distracted may be better. I was distracted one day and thinking about the Hockney sketches that I had been looking at. I was a little envious of the ease by which he seems to be able to sketch people. As a result…

One of the most consistent requests we get from the Sketchbook Skool community is about drawing people. So many complex parts, so many ways to do it, and so

There's a New Yorker magazine cartoon from the 1950s which I loved when I was young. It shows a man watching tiny figures walk out of a storefront. The caption is something like, "I just wound them up, and gave them their freedom." I can't find this in the New Yorker cartoon archive, but I know it was there. So here I was in the Tysons Corner Mall, and I just found the little walkers, wound them up and gave them their freedom to walk around the Mall and consume stuff. Meanwhile, I drew them…

Drawing people as part of your daily urban sketching practice is great, but it's even better to know some tricks so no one feels watched or uncomfortable.

Very quick sketch studies of people drinking and enjoying the view of Prague from a cafe near Prague Castle. davidasutton.com @davidasutton #drawing #sketch #czech #prague #europe

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