And here’s the 93rd my series of 30-minute sketches of Baby Boomers. I am aiming to complete 100 before the end of the year. Just seven to go, so I will find a new venue for drawing this month and I reckon a couple more days should do it. Then I will have to decideContinue reading “Just Seven To Go….”
Category Archives: People watching
Grist To The Mill
And here’s Baby Boomer number 92 out of the 100 I plan to sketch by the end of this year. I drew my first back in April 2015, thinking it would just take me a few months, but life (work) got in the way and I didn’t realise the amount of organising that wouldContinue reading “Grist To The Mill”
The Home Run
And now into the Home Run, here’s my 91st Baby Boomer sitter out of the 100 I want to draw by the end of the year. We’re a big demographic, the Baby Boom began in 1946, a year after the end of World War 2 and ended in 1964, a couple of years after theContinue reading “The Home Run”
Behind The Scenes
And here is number 90 of the 100 Baby Boomers I aim to sketch by the end of the year. I’m so excited to have reached this stage, I felt like giving up a couple of times along the way because there has been a lot of work behind the scenes to find people willingContinue reading “Behind The Scenes”
The More You Look…..
This is the 89th Baby Boomer out of my target of one hundred people sketches of people of my generation. At the risk of stating the obvious, there is such a huge range of features and faces. Normally we don’t really scrutinise people’s features because we’re brought up to think it’s rude to stare butContinue reading “The More You Look…..”
The Scariest Combo
When I started this epic task, to draw one hundred people of my generation, the Baby Boomers, there were two things that I found very hard to draw – spectacles and facial hair and the two together were the scariest combo of all. But now, with so much practice ….. not bothered at all ……..Continue reading “The Scariest Combo”
A Relaxed Squiggliness
I’m getting through these Baby Boomers at quite a rate now, here’s number 87 out of my target of a hundred. My style changes according to the person I’m drawing. Some people require a certain formality and precision of line, others invite a relaxed squiggliness. I’m sure that my phraseology wouldn’t pass muster in aContinue reading “A Relaxed Squiggliness”
Always Room For Improvement
And another lovely Baby Boomer – I’m on a roll! I set myself the task of drawing 100 Baby boomer, my generation, by the end of this year and here is number 86. I just love doing this, such interesting conversations and faces full of life and experience. It’s developing my drawing skills – there’sContinue reading “Always Room For Improvement”
Still Learning
This is sitter number 85 out of my target of 100 Baby Boomers sketched by the end of this year. I’ve improved so much in my ability to sketch faces quickly and with reasonable accuracy, some more and some less, while retaining my own style. It’s very different to working with professional models and I’mContinue reading “Still Learning”
Boomtime Again
I’m still working on my series of sketches of Baby Boomers, aiming to complete one hundred by the end of this year. This is my 84th sitter and it’s a relief to have done so many now. I love doing these drawings, they are so much more intimate than drawing from photos. There’s moreContinue reading “Boomtime Again”
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