Commencing a new series of drawing tips! Here I’ll attempt to break down my process for quickly sketching living human people.
Some Thoughts on Drawing Humans
No Kings, October 2025
Sketches from the fall protest march in San Francisco. Normally I try to record the colors accurately as well, but this time I figured I’d change them up for the sake of anonymity.
No Kings, June 2025
We have another one of these rallies coming up tomorrow. Here are my sketches from the previous round–hard to believe this was only four months ago.
Moab Travel Journal
More travel journals! For this year’s getaway we went to Moab, Utah, to admire pretty rocks and life-sized dinosaur models.
Mexico City Travel Journal
It’s been a while! Let’s start catching up with last year’s getaway to CDMX to celebrate my wife’s birthday.
SFOB Hot Rods Again
A few more recent expeditions to the monthly SFOB vintage car meetup at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, with Douglas Gorney and the Sunset Sketchers. First, from way back in October 2023…
The January 2024 meetup introduced the official Sunset Sketchers stamp. Approved!
SFOB Hot Rods
There’s a monthly classic & custom car meetup out by San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, and when my schedule permits, I love getting out there to draw some vintage cars with Douglas Gorney and his Sunset Sketchers group. Here are a few recent outings, from January 2023…
February 2023, which was all about patina cars…
And a long-awaited return to the beach in June 2023.
Nature Journaling Field Trip
Another very welcome return: regional nature journaling meetups, hosted by the indispensable Kate Rutter. On April 16, we went to Shoreline at Mountain View, which connects to the Baylands Nature Preserve.
Quick Studies Workshop
To my delight, my old school has started running in-person figure drawing workshops again, so I’ve been abusing my alumni privileges to crash the occasional Quick Studies session. These are all one, two, and three-minute drawings of humans in the proverbial “state of nature.”
The season started off with the wonderful Dragonfly on February 22. I’ll add more sessions here as I gradually scan them.
San Diego Travel Journal
Our March adventure was a quick trip to San Diego to celebrate a family birthday, drink wine in Mexico, and admire fat seals and vintage autos.
