Even though portraits aren't urban sketching the NYC Urban Sketchers had a Portrait Party on Sunday. There were about 70 people and we broke up into 5 different groups. We formed a circle for each group and took turns posing for everyone in our group. The time allotted for each portrait is 10 minutes so you need to come prepared with a strategy of what you are going to draw with and how you are going to meet the time limit. I've taken part before and it is a lot of fun...but exhausting. Here are the portraits that I did. I worked with a pencil, a Tombow marker (brown), a permanent black ink brush pen, and watercolors.
Here is my group in our circle.
working. I think we were sketching Leslie, our leader at the time.
At the end of the session each group created a grid of their portraits. Each of us had a number so person #1 lined their sketches in the top row in numerical order. Then the next person does the same. Each row across is one person's work. Each column going down included all the sketches of that person. It always amazes me how many different styles there are when we put them together. The empty spaces are for the person who was posing each time.
We did a group photo at the end.
Wow, that looks like so much fun!! We've talked about doing that in Seattle USk, but we haven't ever organized it. That would be a good one for winter!
ReplyDeleteIt is fun! Our biggest problem is finding a venue where we can have it that is big enough. We outgrew the original location and now have it in the gym at the High School of Art & Design.
DeleteLooks indeed like big fun.
ReplyDeleteI like the simpleness of all the sketches, very spontanieus
Hi Rene'. It is a lot of fun but you have to work quickly. 10 minutes flies by.
DeleteVery nice collection! Another fun event and everyone seem to have a great time. I don't know about you but I was exhausted heading home from the portrait party.
ReplyDeleteAmazing group of sketches and artists. Looks like you had fun!
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