3rd entry for Aug 28, 2015

 These are four three-minute studies and a 5-minute one at the bottom. Al are on 18 x 24" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper; the top four are with a medium-point Pitt pen, and the bottom is a calligraphy point Pitt pen.

2nd entry for Aug 28, 2015

Calibrating Expectations 2:
These are 1-minute and 2-minute studies. I usually want to try to set down the specifics of the person I'm drawing, but there's only so much that can be done in short time spans. For a minute and up I tend to shift from scribbly `pure' gestures into `rapid contour' line studies. There's no time to fret about proportions, so i just set things down and restate if necessary and there's still time. Two minutes and up gives time to pay a little bit of attention to faces and hair, but too much and the pose is over.
These are a medium-point Pitt pen on 18 x 24" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper.

1st entry for Aug 28, 2015

Calibrating expectations:  On the Friday I went to ARC Studio, and Petra was working. These are 30-second studies.
I had only brought along what turned out to be a nearly dry calligraphy point marker, so it was not at all able to flow at the rate needed for rapid gestural scribbling. So I used a piece of 6B woodless graphite instead for these.
In thirty seconds there is really not the time to try for any specific details, and trying to set them down is an exercise in frustration. So the emphasis here is on being fast and responsive, and trying to get the `feel' of the poses, and a bit of a sense of the particular person's general shapes.
They are a really good workout.  these are all 18 x 24" sheets of some generic bond paper.

4th entry for Aug 26, 2014

These are 10-minute studies, with some additional later working on the top and bottom ones. I tried working with a grey marker pen and soft graphite. the top one is on a 12 x 15" sheet of Bristol paper, the other two on 18 x 18" watercolour paper.
The lowest one also has oil-based pencil and a background wash of powdered graphite.

3rd entry for Aug 26, 2015

 These are a 5-minute study above, and three 7-minute ones below, also Pitt pen on 18 x 18" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper.

2nd entry for Aug 26, 2014

These are some 3-minute studies, done with Pitt pen on 18 x 18" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper.

1st entry for Aug 26, 2014

On the Wednesday I went to the Gladstone Hotel's drawing session. Samantha was working and these are some 1-minute and 3-minute studies, all done with Pitt pen on 18 x 18" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper.