In the Urban Sketching class I teach at Crealde, we have one solid day devoted to sketching each other. Poses are fast and the goal isn’t to produce a detailed portrait, but to create a scene.
I keep stressing the importance of grounding the figures. In this scen the base of the sculptural bench is critical to seeing the ground plane. The bench itself unfortunately is seen straight on. Seeing another plane of the sculpture would have made it more three dimensional.
Another point of the demo however was to treat the person and the bench as one single bold shape. With just two large washes the page was covered and the sketch felt complete although it could use plenty of loving care adding details if time allowed. For instance there is a hint of the shape of the shoes but I haven’t gone back in to add the detail to describe the shoes shape and make.