Stillman & Birn Alpha, Esterbrook J-2048

People are not my favorite subject.  Don’t get me wrong; I like people, though modern society causes me to question that regularly,  but what I mean is that I don’t like sketching people.  I do it because they’re everywhere and it’s good pointy device practice, something I need to do a lot.

Every year a local portrait group holds outdoor sessions where people get together to do quick portraits of each other and anyone they can entice from the park where it’s held.  I go because I like the people and the ambiance of the sessions, but prefer to draw whole people rather than floating heads.  This requires that I work pretty fast, faster than I’m comfortable doing.  Maybe that’s a good thing.  Here are a few of the ones I’ve done.

Stillman & Birn Alpha, Esterbrook J-2048

Stillman & Birn Alpha, Esterbrook J-2048