Thank you everyone for all the well wishes! All the good energy sent my way must have helped because I woke up feeling great! I did 3 sketches all in under 15 minutes. I concentrated on line, placement and movement.
Lilly eating breakfast with "bed head" hair. Her hand holding the spoon is evidence that I drew this in under 5 minutes it looks a little wonky as do her eyes, but when your study model keeps moving you have to too!
My little Max. Also just up and eating breakfast. He's got "bed head" as well. This one of him was done in probably the shortest amount of time as he was purposely trying to finish as fast as he could as to not let me be able to draw him. This one was probably 2 or 3 minutes.
This last one is of my hubby doing something on this phone. I took the longest time on this one...mostly just because he sits still. This one was probably done in 8 or 9 minutes.
It's been a long time since I've just sat and sketched. It brings me back to my High school and College days when we had 15 minutes to do 15 thumbnail sketches of the girls in the dance studio. Focusing only on line and movement. We then went back to the art room and had the remaining hour or so to choose one of the thumbnails and do a completed drawing of it. It was tough at first, but it certainly made me a better drawer and be quicker at getting what I saw, down onto the paper. As I've practiced sketching and painting more this year than any the last 10 years, my ability to draw, sketch and paint has come back and I don't want to ever loose it again!
so glad to hear that you are feeling better. Your sketches are wonderful, amazing that you did them so fast!
ReplyDeletestudying your live models is a great idea - and you are right, the kids just move way to fast!
ReplyDeleteI like them!
happy weekend to you!
Nice quick sketches, can't believe how fast you were.
ReplyDeleteIt is a skill to get back to sketching isn't it... we used to have a similar exercise when I was at college and it was always fun, but hard o find the time to do things like that now... I love your sketches and I think they have all captured movement really well..xx
ReplyDeleteGreat fun...
ReplyDeleteYou're good at it!!
ReplyDeleteI love 'quick' in a sketch. By doing a quick one you can capture a moment and thought and a look...brilliant:)
ReplyDeletexx
cute sketches. :)
ReplyDeleteAw that's funny about how your son was trying to finish quickly--he came out great though as did the others. I think the one of your son is the best one though--interesting how tight deadlines can make us focus. Ad no it's never simple to sketch moving subjects.
ReplyDeletegreat job on all 3! I'm glad you are feeling better!
ReplyDeleteI love how Max still looks slightly sleepy! Great to draw so much is so little time. More please!
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear you're feeling better, Jen. :) And way to go on your sketches. Impressive to complete all 3 in less than 15 minutes!
ReplyDeleteglad you're feeling better.
ReplyDeleteand I'm amazed you were able to do those sketches in just a few minutes. I can't make someone look human in 2-3 minutes! you did an amazing job!