learn to sketch

I’m still enjoying sketching as a small hobbie. I really like trying to sketch portraits as it forces me to really look at the person’s face and all of the characteristics of it and not just glace at the person and look away or assume I know what someone looks like without really paying attention. I’ve just seen the film “cashback” and it has some great portrait sketches in it that has got me inspired but I doubt I’ll ever be anywhere near as good as that – but hey, practice makes perfect.

I am going to take a 6 hour class on sketching with pencils and charcoal and after that I think I need to practice, practice and more practice – I would love to be able to do portraits and life paintings and really capture people’s faces well.