People on a park bench

I’m trying to simplify my lines, practice people sketching. Get to a point where I’m not disatisfied with including people in my sketches.

I’ve been reading David Gentleman’s Paris. Love his style. I’m not going to replicate his style, but I love the motion his lines impart. The simplicity of characters. I won’t share the image here, because copyright and all that, but there’s a series of sketches on one page of diners and servers at the Brasserie Flo. So simple and energetic. Something to strive for.

I don’t love this sketch I made. There are many things I don’t like about it.

But I love the promise it holds. That with practice, I can maybe get to a point where I’m not disatisfied with my people in my sketches.

So I’ll keep working on people in this tiny sketchbook, an old Moleskine “Sketchbook”, that I got years ago and never used.

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