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.

Watch this 10 minute YouTube video about How to Paint Watercolour Figures hosted by Paul Apps

Suhita Shirodkar is a self-confessed obsessive sketcher, and she’s graciously allowed me to feature her watercolour on my Bodrum Peninsula Travel Guide site.