Loosen Up Your Lines to Sketch People (drawing in a Cafe with my Ipad and Procreate)
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Industrial Design
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Hello, sketcher!
At the end of this article,
I show you the time-lapse of today's sketching session at a cafe called Phuc Long in Ho Chi Minh City.
I took a cup of Milk Tea with ice and sit outside to sketch with my Ipad Pro and Pencil.
Having no much inspiration on what to draw, I simply looked around me and draw people.
I started to draw a woman in uniform. And I was no much satisfied with the outcome. My lines and the body posture came out pretty stiff.
I realized such a thing happened a lot before when I started a new drawing session. I felt like my level downgraded.
Sometimes I gave up while I just needed a warm-up session.
So my Brain - Eyes - Pencil could recalibrate.
The rain started, so I found refuge inside the cafe.
To succeed and have fun with the techniques of quick sketching:
Don't try to reproduce 100% what you see - but what you feel.
You may even exaggerate some lines.
The proportions need to look right but don't have to be perfect.
Sometimes I like to elongate some body parts.
I sometimes feel shy looking at people.
It happened I stare at them a bit too long. Haha.
But remember that you don't have to be afraid at looking at people when you draw them. If they catch you drawing them, they will smile to you.
It is fun to try to catch up with information in a few seconds only.
At first, try to catch the body posture, the attitude. (Ignore the details)
This "feel" will guide you.
Then, look at your model again, and catch some big elements, then details.
I don't exactly remember how long it took me to draw this board. I easily lost track of time when I draw. I believe around 1hour30. It could be more though.
Alrighty!
If you too have some free time, I invite you to draw the people around you!
If you are confined at the moment, you may draw your family members.
Do not ask them to pose for you.
"Secretly" draw them during their usual activities of the day: cooking, watching TV, doing gym... "Draw their natural".
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
BLOG: https://www.thedesignsketchbook.com
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Hello, sketcher!
At the end of this article,
I show you the time-lapse of today's sketching session at a cafe called Phuc Long in Ho Chi Minh City.
I took a cup of Milk Tea with ice and sit outside to sketch with my Ipad Pro and Pencil.
Having no much inspiration on what to draw, I simply looked around me and draw people.
I started to draw a woman in uniform. And I was no much satisfied with the outcome. My lines and the body posture came out pretty stiff.
I realized such a thing happened a lot before when I started a new drawing session. I felt like my level downgraded.
Sometimes I gave up while I just needed a warm-up session.
So my Brain - Eyes - Pencil could recalibrate.
The rain started, so I found refuge inside the cafe.
To succeed and have fun with the techniques of quick sketching:
Don't try to reproduce 100% what you see - but what you feel.
You may even exaggerate some lines.
The proportions need to look right but don't have to be perfect.
Sometimes I like to elongate some body parts.
I sometimes feel shy looking at people.
It happened I stare at them a bit too long. Haha.
But remember that you don't have to be afraid at looking at people when you draw them. If they catch you drawing them, they will smile to you.
It is fun to try to catch up with information in a few seconds only.
At first, try to catch the body posture, the attitude. (Ignore the details)
This "feel" will guide you.
Then, look at your model again, and catch some big elements, then details.
I don't exactly remember how long it took me to draw this board. I easily lost track of time when I draw. I believe around 1hour30. It could be more though.
Alrighty!
If you too have some free time, I invite you to draw the people around you!
If you are confined at the moment, you may draw your family members.
Do not ask them to pose for you.
"Secretly" draw them during their usual activities of the day: cooking, watching TV, doing gym... "Draw their natural".
Cheers,
Chou-Tac