In a virtual portfolio class I am encouraging my student to draw from life more.Many of my younger students are stuck in a world of video game art. They constantly draw characters from their favorite game. My goal is to get them to look away from the computer screen and sketch from life.
While my student drew her dog, I went to the living room and sketched our dogs. I wanted to encourage the student to work quickly and rather loose. I did three of four of these quick studies, while my student worked on a single sketch.
Working quick and loose is a message that never sinks in right away. I hammer away at the message over and over while showing them how I approach a sketch.