Drawing People!

For out week three task we where given two hours to go out and about and draw people in movement etc. Two of my favourite things combined - people watching and drawing! Shouldn't be too challenging? Wrong. For me, drawing quickly with the subject moving and eventually disappearing can be frustrating. You can probably tell this by some of my drawings, as I do have a tendency to just give up on that particular subject. Perhaps something I need to improve on, that and being more confident in my own imagination. So I could just continue the subject, from either memory or just drawing what I want that person to look like?

As you can see from my quick sketches, I don't step too far from the pencil only occasionally using pen. Something I want to try more is indeed using only pens and not being afraid of my own mistakes. As sometimes mistakes are the best parts! Although clearly something I'm not afraid of is making a mess, when it comes to quick sketches. Which I think is a good thing! The 'mess' also gives the page more interest and movement.

When I got home I decided todo a few more sketches, while watching TV. Although this time I wanted to pay more attention to the faces, maybe trying to exaggerate their features more and give them a personality. I'm normally pretty terrified of drawing faces but obviously it's something I need to tackle head on - excuse the pun! So here they are...

I've only done a few to start with but pleasantly surprised with the outcome! Certainly something I'm going to try out more and hopefully the more detailed faces/expressions will show throughout more of my work!