I was priviliged to sit in yesterday on the first reading of the play "Thinking of YU" which is produced by Imago Theatre. You can purchase tickets for the play which will be acted April 24th to May 5th at Centaur Theatre. Go here to Imago's web site for more information.
When I sketch people or portraits with a
felt pen I seem to get the expression and proper proportions better than when
doing so with an erasable tool. I am convinced my drawing skills have improved quicker since picking up
this tip in Paul Laseau's book INK-LINE-SKETCHING some years back. I've passed
on this tip to my students who, likewise, agree that they now draw more
accurately.
In his introduction Paul Laseau
says:"First, the permanence of ink encourages one to "go for it", to try to put
the line right where it should be. ... continued attemps to place lines
accurately build the eye-hand coordination necessary for sketching. With pencil
there is a tendency to be timid, either using very faint lines or erasing bad
lines. ... Line sketching tends to emphasize the structure of a drawing rather
than the nuances of media. ...Sketching is a continuing souce of learing rather
than a string of perfomances. "
Yesterday I ink-line sketched on a
page fourteen people at a play reading who were sitting around a table, many
moving bobing heads. Yet all quick portraits were quite recognizable, enough for
the sketch page to be used as publicity for their upcoming event.
I attribute this in large part to years
of ink sketching, the tip picked up in
Paul's book.
Raynald Murphy SCA
