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Sketching Earthsworld Challenge Portraits (Day 176 & 178)

   Published Date: November 12, 2026  Leave a Comment on Sketching Earthsworld Challenge Portraits (Day 176 & 178)
Ink and Watercolour Sketch of Earthsworld Challenge portraits. 
Sketching Earthsworld Portrait with Text

Day One Hundred and Seventy-Four to Seventy-Eight of Sketching People

Continuing on with day 174-178 of my #Kick365 sketching challenge to draw people in ink and watercolour, with a collection of people sketches now that I’m back home.

Sketching Earthsworld Challenge

I seem to have turned into a sporadic Earthsworld sketcher. I have a flurry of being inspired by the photo prompts that are part of this daily challenge, and then my inspiration goes off the boil.

Here’s three days of challenge photo prompts that inspired me recently. Two very different looking woman and one guy. I usually sketch these on an A5 page.

Ink and Watercolour Sketch of Earthsworld Challenge portraits.
Ink and Watercolour Sketch of Earthsworld Challenge portraits.

I wasn’t sure how to fill the rest of this page below, because I’d sketched the guy’s pose slightly larger, and didn’t think another portrait would fit. The guy looked so pensive and thoughtful, so I added some text, and used the same colour palette to create some colour harmony.

Ink and Watercolour Sketch of Earthsworld Challenge portraits.
Ink and Watercolour Sketch of Earthsworld Challenge portraits.

I wonder it’s time to start being a little more consistent with this daily sketching practice?

Author: Roving Jay

Jay was a project manager who swapped corporate life for a nomadic existence as a writer and sketcher. Jay has written and published travel guides, nonfiction writing books, and poetry collections, but is currently obsessed with urban sketching and all things ink and watercolour.

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