Sunday, July 4, 2010

Cafe sketches



Two very different individuals on campus. At least one of them is enjoying the good weather.

I've been keeping a small daily sketchbook for ten years now. They vary in thickness, but on average it takes me about eight months to fill one. The trick is using a size that's not so small it cramps the drawing, but not so large everybody can see what you're doing. I find about six by eight inches is right. Generally I use china marker, as here, since it's a very unforgiving medium. You can't erase it, it's thick and chunky, and every mark is visible. Which is what you want for a cafe sketch, since people have this bad habit of moving.

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