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Time: 10 mins

Draw quick figures in pencil and felt pen
This is a great sketching activity while you're waiting for the bus or sitting in a cafe. People are likely to move as you're drawing them, so find a balance between sketching them as you see them and noting down important visual information to you can quickly complete the sketches from memory.

Posted by Jake Spicer • Published 28th October 2015 • See Jake Spicer's 7 projects »

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Step 1
To quickly note the positions on people standing in a crowd jot down simple shapes for their heads, torsos and pelvis, with a quick dash for the bottom of their feet and the left and right limits of their bodies.
Step 2
Elaborate on their figures, blocking in limbs in simple shapes, avoiding detail. Even if they move, try to remember their positions, or adapt your drawing accordingly.
Step 3
Lightly erase your underdrawing and using that as a framework, draw the outlines of the clothes, simple features and limbs. See everything as a jigsaw of shapes, draw what you see in front of you, not what you expect to see.
Step 4
Use a pale felt tips to roughly block in shapes of clothing and skin. Keep your marks quick and confident to stop the ink blotting.
Step 5
Use a darker tone of felt tip to add simple shadow shapes, and use a black pen to clarify the outlines of the figures. Add shadows underneath the figures to put them in context with their environment.