This feels like getting back to some kind of normality: sitting with a latte at a table outside Bistro 42 overlooking Ossett’s Friday market and watching the world go by. I want to just draw what is in front of me rather than, as I often do, taking a mental snapshot of a passing figure, so I draw people who look as if they might stay in position for a few minutes. The men waiting on the bench are the most obliging. I find back views expressive. Rather than slapping a facial expression on a character, you can leave the viewer to work out for themselves whether a character is feeling relaxed or slightly; tense, bored or curious.
That’s a good point about expressiveness in postures. I can use that for sketching people without continually looking at them.:) I can picture you sitting there with your coffee nice and relaxed. I hope things continue to improve. Thanks Richard.
It’s such a relief to be able to do ordinary things again, with the necessary precautions of course. I feel that all the cartooning that I’ve done during lockdown can feed into my regular sketching.