Month: March 2022

#OneWeek100People: Day 4

My hands have been absolutely dreadful today, and it’s been a real pain to draw. I used a Sanford No-Blot pencil to get at least a few sketches done, and hopefully tomorrow I’ll be able to get a few more done.

Playing around with the Sanford No-Blot pencil.

#OneWeek100People: Day 3

I am back to drawing from Flickr photos today, but to switch things up a bit I changed the media I worked with. So there’s a lot of brush pen work (Kuretake, Faber Castell, Pilot), and no watercolour in sight. My hands are still troubling me, and I pushed myself harder than I should have today (my hands are actually shaking as I write this), so I’ll have to be careful tomorrow not to overdo it.
My favourite of the lot is of course the first sketch, of the protesting lady with the chihuahuas.

Today’s tools

#OneWeek100People: Day 2

Today was all about live sketching of very fast moving people. I learned that I am very out of practice, and that I need to work looser than I normally would have. My hands were also not in the best shape, but I did get some nice poses and more sketches done than yesterday.

Drawn with a Lamy Safari fine nibbed pen with De w Document Ink Urban Grey, Schmincke and Daniel Smith watercolours on a Stillman and Birn 5.5” x 8.5 ” Alpha.

#OneWeek100People2022: Day 1

Day 1 of the OneWeek100People challenge. I’m drawing from Flickr photos, challenging myself to draw whichever people I see in those photos, and this time also work in colour from time to time. I’m not going to get 100 people in 5 days (my hands really hurt today, so I only drew five), but I am going to draw 100 people.

Drawn with a Lamy Safari fine nibbed pen with De Atramentis Document Ink Urban Grey, Schmincke and Daniel Smith watercolours on a Stillman and Birn 5.5” x 8.5 ” Alpha.

Wildflowers in an Urban Environment

Next week the OneWeek100People challenge starts, where you try to draw 100 people in five days. I participated in the challenge last year and really enjoyed it and found it to be a great way to practice my portrait sketching. This year I plan on participating but as my hands are still far from 100% well (my neuropathy has gotten better but still hasn’t left me and brushwork is a bit of an agony), I will take more than 5 days to draw 100 people.
Meanwhile, I went on a walk and sketched a bit today. Here’s the resulting spread:

Sketch on Stillman and Birn Alpha with Schmincke and Daniel Smith watercolours, De Atramentis Document Ink Grey, Caran d’Ache Saffron and Diamine Festive Joy