Saturday, February 2, 2019

Portrait Party 2019

You've seen some of my practice portraits...and today was the real thing! About 100 members of the NYC Urban Sketchers met in the cafeteria of the High School of Art & Design in Manhattan for our annual portrait party. We were divided into 8 groups of about 12 people each. Each sketch lasted a mere 10 minutes and then you moved on to the next person who was posing...and someone in the group is responsible for timing each sketch so we keep moving along. We took a few breaks but for the most part we sketched from about 1:00 until about 3:30. It is amazing to see all the sketches laid out on the floor when we're done. 

Here are my sketches of the other 11 people in my group. Some came out better than others, but I kept up and got them all done.












Here are a few photos of the event and some of the sketchers.











7 comments:

  1. All of these portraits are so impressive and it looks like such a fun thing to do!!!!!!

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    1. It is a lot of fun. Thanks! No time for masterpieces. lol

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  2. 100 members!! Wow, that's amazing! I remember doing this at the symposium in Paraty several years ago . . . so much fun!

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    1. I guess that's where Mark got the idea. It is a fun day...but exhausting.

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  3. wow! What a fabulous event! You did a great job with your portraits Joan. It is hard to believe they were done in only 10 minutes. Way to go, girl!

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    1. Thank you, Val. You have to be ready to do portraits from every direction too.

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  4. Wow, amazing group and day. You did very well. Fun to see them all together.

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