A collection of my ink and watercolour sketches of Tavira and the surrounding areas in the East Algarve in Portugal.

Two portrait sketches in ink and watercolour of Anthony Bourdain from photographs. And another portrait of him and a quote that I used to cover one of my sketchbooks. The quotes was done with cut out letters in a collage.

Gallery page for my ink and watercolour abstract art inspired by my Turbulent Mind dementia poetry collection.

Sketching our local delivery man transporting potatoes to a local restaurant in Cabanas.

This year’s One Week 100 People challenge was great for honing my style and getting me using my Tombow pens for shading instead of watercolour.

So good to break my people-sketching drought. I much prefer capturing people to buildings, and these people were sketched in local restaurants and cafes.

Taking time to sketch visual reminders of our 4 weeks in Turkey. I sketched using a paired down urban sketching kit. And sketched people on ferries, in cafes, on beaches, and some business offices. A real variety of locations and people sketches.

Sketching on different papers is an interesting way to experiment with different tools and techniques with great results.

The first 32 people sketches for this year’s One Week 100 People.

How adjusting your sketch speed or where you hold your pen helps you find your sketching style. My assessment of the Find Your Line tutorial by Jen Dixon, and what I discovered by adjusting my pen grip and speed to help me determine what lines feel right, and which ones feel forced or contrived. And How to develop a line style that feels natural.

If you can’t get out and sketch, Sketching People from Travel Photos is a great alternative. Especially when you review your sketches to learn from them. Here’s a selection of sketches from our Cambodian Trip.

The beginning of my 365 Day of Urban Sketching People. Follow along on my journey to master capturing people live.

I joined #tekenuurtje for the first time this week. It’s one of the few Draw This in Your Style challenges that features people.

A collection of travel sketches from Cambodia that I did a couple of years after the trip, using photos I took during our Workaway adventures. Ink sketches of buildings, people, beaches, and

A collection of people I’ve encountered and sketched during my walks around Culver City in May.

Blind Contour Sketches for my 365 days of portrait and people sketches

The beginning of my Kick in the Creatives 365 day sketching challenge. Where I’m committing to sketching people for a year. In this first batch of sketches I eased myself into this challenge by doing blind contour portraits in pencil, and finished off with some line detail and watercolour. With a lot of accentuated (and comical) teeth.

Here’s two key elements to master when you’re drawing groups of people in an urban sketch.

A collection of people I’ve encountered and sketched during my walks around Culver City in April.

Watercolour and pen self-portrait with a face mask.

Join me as I begin a new journey to discover my artistic style, and get inspired to find your own.

I stumbled across drawing these beach bum illustrations. It’s the start of a whimsical and joyful journey. Where will it lead?

My first attempts at a Beach Bum series. Started during the 2020 lockdown.

Introduction to the volume of videos featuring Drawing with Alphonso Dunn. Learn Pen & Ink Sketching with Alponso Dunn. He has created lots of free instructional videos on You Tube and I’ve included the links here.