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People Drawing Party

Workshop Information
This workshop spans 2 days :

Los Angeles, U.S.A. 
9:30am - 5pm, Saturday, 18 May 2019
10am - 5pm, Sunday, 19 May 2019
(with a 1 hour break for lunch)

San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
9:30am - 5pm, Saturday, 8 June 2019
10am - 5pm, Sunday, 9 June 2019
(with a 1 hour break for lunch)

Workshop Description

Drawing people can be really fun, and there’s nothing like adding a variety of characters in your urban sketches to bring them to life. Many sketchers find it hard to sketch subjects that shift, move and disappear, but this People Drawing Party workshop over a whole weekend is dedicated to showing you how. You’ll immerse yourself in studying characters, honing in on details that make your drawing of people actual interesting personalities on the page, whatever you feel your skill level might be.a

I’ll show you an easy way to never forget proportions, so you’ll always know how to figure out not just what goes where, but also how to size it. We’ll learn to simplify and get to the essence of the person you’re drawing, and also look at how to draw faces and expressions. You’ll also learn how to handle subjects that get up or move after you’ve started your sketch.

Finally, we’ll put everything together and practice finding the human stories in our sketches. How do you capture something quickly, with a few lines and little time? Or build up a large scene if time allows? How do you create focus points, and decide what to leave in and out? We’ll walk around and I’ll share my thought processes, demonstrate how I do a piece, and you’ll have plenty of opportunities to then practice and make the sketch your own. I will also go amongst you to help each participant on their individual sketching journey, offering guidance when you want it, and space to experiment when you don’t.

All levels welcome.

You never know what you’ll see, and having a great mobile kit means being able to capture quickly and spontaneously. I was going to have tea with my wife when the photographers around this food truck compelled my to pull my iPad out.

You never know what you’ll see, and having a great mobile kit means being able to capture quickly and spontaneously. I was going to have tea with my wife when the photographers around this food truck compelled my to pull my iPad out.

Workshop Learning Goals

  • Overcome fears of drawing people

  • Fast-track your people-drawing in a weekend

  • Learn to nail proportion every time

  • Get started with faces and expressions

  • Capture varied poses with confidence

  • Learn to deal with moving, vanishing models

  • Discover ways to place personalities in your sketches

  • Secrets to drawing crowds

  • Setting up and filling out the story

One of the best times to sketch is when you’re waiting for a meal. A quick drawing can be done with just a few colored lines.

One of the best times to sketch is when you’re waiting for a meal. A quick drawing can be done with just a few colored lines.

Workshop Location

Workshop location details will be emailed to participants.

Workshop Schedule

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Workshop Registration and Cost

Workshop Fee: $295 
Special rate for participants who sign up for both Travel Sketching with your iPad and People Drawing Party : $540 total

Please email Louisa at louisa@sketcherman.com for space availability and PayPal link.

Maximum number of participants 15 (minimum 10) All levels welcome 
*In the event of too few registrations, all monies will be refunded less Paypal Fees.
Please note: Cancellations up to 30 days before the workshop will be refunded the full amount minus Paypal charges and a $15 cancellation fee, and no refunds will be granted after that date. Thank you for your understanding.

Supply list

It’s important to use tools you feel really comfortable with so you can concentrate on the exercises. You may use traditional or digital tools.

Some recommendations:

  • iPads very welcome

  • a basic, cheap sketchbook for fast sketches and experimentation

  • a sketchbook/pad with better paper for more finished pieces

  • a way to support your kit so you can draw standing up sometimes

  • a blue pencil for under drawings

  • various pens: ball-point, roller-ball, markers,

  • brush pens for versatile, juicy strokes

  • your favorite choice of color medium

  • a stool if you want one

  • sun protection : a hat / umbrella / sunscreen

You're also welcome to email Rob if you have any questions at rob@sketcherman.co5

Sit anywhere and you’ll see a fascinating array of characters to sketch. We’ll look at different ways to capture them quickly and I’ll show you strategies to deal with models who move before you’re done!

Sit anywhere and you’ll see a fascinating array of characters to sketch. We’ll look at different ways to capture them quickly and I’ll show you strategies to deal with models who move before you’re done!

Crowds can be fun too, giving a scene some sweeping scale. I’ll show you how to pick a focal point to start with, then go about filling your composition.

Crowds can be fun too, giving a scene some sweeping scale. I’ll show you how to pick a focal point to start with, then go about filling your composition.

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