On Sunday mornings from 9:30 to 12:30 I am teaching an Urban Sketching class at Crealde School of Art. Last week we focused on drawing people by sketching each other.
This demo sketch was done to show how to block in figures and make them feel well grounded to the chair they are sitting in. The basic premise is to draw the chair and then draw the person seated in the chair.
The sketches were just 5 minutes in duration and I was showing how watercolor can be used to also block in masses quickly,
I modeled to start taking several longer 10 minute poses to get the students started. Then each student posed for 5 minutes while we all sketched. It was raining, so we worked indoors.
I was quite proud that all my students kept their focus and got n impressive amount of work done in the time we had.
At this point I was suggesting that the students get one or two figures on the page but by the end of class we were again sketching the entire scene.