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Friday 5 April 2013

INK-LINE-SKETCHES at the play reading of Imago Theatre's THINKING OF YU

 
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