This session will be quick and dirty speed sketching a portrait per song.

This is a drawing exercise that involves very quickly drawing a person's portrait while listening to a song.

We’re not going for realism or perfection, we’re going for loose and fast, building muscle memory, quick observation and shape recognition skills.

Bonus: This is great for improving overall brain function!

Rules of the game:

• Bring your face

• Choose a song between between 3-5 min max

• We all sketch the person whose song is playing

• At the end of the song, we move along and sketch the next person during their song

• This means a maximum of 3-5 min per portrait

• I recommend using a pen and paper - pencil comes with the temptation to erase and start over. This is goes against the point of the exercice, where we commit to our lines and move on, with no time for erasing or correcting.

• Get your reps in, quick and dirty ;)

General Tips for speed sketching

• BYOB, noting that a low degree of alcohol can help loosen your lines and flow faster.

• Focus on the general shapes and add defining characteristics quickly

• Capture the essence of your imagination without getting bogged down in details

• Vary line thickness and style

• Start with loose lines to refine later

Other tips for sketching (for before the session)

Warm up by drawing lines and circles,

Try drawing from a reference,

Sketch out basic shapes first,

Hold your pen/pencil loosely.

Looking forward to some good music choices, some interesting faces and some fun sketches!