tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998420814250658360.post2966036103432245351..comments2023-09-29T14:32:10.300+01:00Comments on _ cluck cluck: 'Taking a photoGesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808430595430298345noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998420814250658360.post-34830656500866648612008-10-08T20:45:00.000+01:002008-10-08T20:45:00.000+01:00hi everyone and many thanks for your thoughts. sta...hi everyone and many thanks for your thoughts. staring at people scarily - lol, kari - i was conscious of that at glasgow central station and just picked unscary people to sketch in return ;)<BR/><BR/>rather than memorising i am trying to look hard (but not scary) - i do a lot of memorising normally, but try to observe more - so that's where david's points on speed are coming in usefully. but then again: i tend to be pretty fast with my sketches (ask my mother, she'll have plenty to say ;)), so i'm trying to be slower. ;)<BR/><BR/>well - all these challenges make in indeed good fun: but as all of you say, it simply needs doing...<BR/> <BR/>hahaha... the video comment made me laugh - i am used to one of my friends just taking endless photos when i see her, but this time round i found that i'm not simply pulling odd faces at her on photo but she captured plenty of my rants on film - though thankfully none has made it onto youtube yet. that doesn't make it any better... i agree with you, chris.<BR/><BR/>cheers, again.Gesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808430595430298345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998420814250658360.post-14741183610872872872008-10-08T17:39:00.000+01:002008-10-08T17:39:00.000+01:00I did manage a quick sketch on the train a couple ...I did manage a quick sketch on the train a couple of days ago, A lady was reading "To Kill A Mocking Bird" by Harper Lee and was a student as there were stickers marking the pages she would probably quote from.<BR/>She was almost opposite and if you scribble away people just do not look.<BR/>A Mobile phone taking a photo or even video is the worse form of mugging!<BR/>But in the street anything goes if it is part of the photo.<BR/>Children are another triky area of <BR/>course......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998420814250658360.post-8692637459990826772008-10-08T11:02:00.000+01:002008-10-08T11:02:00.000+01:00As you know Gesa I do a lot of sketching of people...As you know Gesa I do a lot of sketching of people in a variety of public situations. It's an exercise I started way back and continue to this day. However, I never think of this as "stealing" whereas pointing a camera at someone, to my mind, definitely is. In fact I have found that most people are interested to see what I am doing, and sometimes even get asked if I will sketch them. But I don't do 'portraits' in the street! <BR/>If you use a smallish sketchbook most people won't even know you are doing it, and the exercise in capturing the fleeting movements improves your observational skills.<BR/>These sketches of yours show a great and determined start. As Kari says "glance and memorise".<BR/>Keep at it - it's good fun!daviddrawsandpaintshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17431945969048461283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998420814250658360.post-73766801855731559572008-10-08T08:49:00.000+01:002008-10-08T08:49:00.000+01:00I know it is so hard to sketch people without star...I know it is so hard to sketch people without staring at them in a scary way, isn't it, lol?<BR/><BR/>I find the best way is to glance and memorise as much as I can, it takes practice, but it works in the end.<BR/><BR/>These are just great - love the last one!Kari Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554918069264138736noreply@blogger.com