Sketch month?

[olmue]

I've been enjoying the various poems I've been reading on LJ (it's poetry month, I think). Trust me, you definitely don't want to read any of my sorry attempts at poetry. I admire it from afar, and it's better for everyone that way. But maybe I'll do a sketch month. I have a sketch book that's supposed to be for live drawings (ie, not from photos), which makes them both looser but hopefully less posed and more active.



Even in something simple, like people talking around a table, you will see that people have the annoying habit of moving around. The thing to remember is that people make a lot of repetitive movements, so sketch the main shapes and then you can go back and fill in the details. This one is of some teens sitting around a table, talking that I drew while on a youth trip last spring. (The other hard thing to do is to draw people without them noticing. They end up going all posed or wanting to see, and then it just goes weird.)


Images copyright Rose Green

Obviously when they are sleeping it's easier to get details. This one is one that I like, not just for the picture, but because my daughter asked me to "draw her to sleep" instead of singing or reading one night.


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Comments

[lorrainemt.livejournal.com]

That's just a lovely drawing of your daughter. And drawing her to sleep is so sweet. :)

[olmue.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Sometimes I feel guilty for not using the models I have more often. (Hmm...maybe I should draw them to sleep every night...)

[kathys-shadow.livejournal.com]

I really love the one of your daughter. It's beautiful.

[olmue.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[seaheidi.livejournal.com]

draw her to sleep is such a beautiful phrase/image. you should use that in a book.

[olmue.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[edawn.livejournal.com]

I love that she wanted you to draw her to sleep. I'm glad my kids don't aske me to do that because I lack the talent or skill necessary.

[olmue.livejournal.com]

Well, it is easier to do than to read an atlas as a bedtime story (as I have also been asked to do).

[angie-frazier.livejournal.com]

Wow, I had no idea you were an artist in a vein outside writing! Impressive!

[olmue.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I actually started college as a studio art major, but in the end it was words that won out.

[beckylevine.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I admit to the teensiest drop of jealousy toward people who can write AND draw! But I love these sketches--that one of your daughter is just beautiful.

My "contribution" to poetry month is that I'm doing all of Laura Purdie Salas' 15-words or less challenges this month. 60 words or fewer. THAT is about all I can handle. You should try one--it's actually fun!

[olmue.livejournal.com]

Oh, I very much enjoy *reading* short poetry! And I'm loving all the stuff people are posting. But uh...someone's gotta be the audience, right? :)