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3/26/15 Diamine Chocolate Brown, Grey and Iroshizuku Tsukushi inks,
Caran d'Ache Museum pencils, Canson XL 140 lb. paper |
When I sketch at Zoka Coffee, my victims are most often deeply engrossed in their various devices
and screens, oblivious to their surroundings. But every once in a while I’m
able to catch a few actually engaged in conversation with other people.
Socializing in a coffee shop – what a concept! (I’m not sure about the man in
the brown chair . . . he seemed to be pressing on the Bluetooth device stuck to
his ear, giving me the impression that he was on a phone call, but I think his
conversation was with his laptop.)
Sketching people who are talking – usually with hand
gestures and changing expressions – is more challenging than still-as-stone
texters and typers. But the body language is definitely
more interesting.
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3/26/15 Diamine Grey and Iroshizuku Asa-gao inks, Museum pencil |
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3/26/15 Diamine Chocolate Brown ink |
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3/26/15 Iroshizuku Take-sumi ink, Museum pencils |
What an ideal location for sketching people...love these sketches.
ReplyDeleteIt is a little harder and rarer to be able to sketch people that are actually conversing. lol Good coffee shop sketches.
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