Category Archives: Body Language

What’s up with the figure in red?

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

It looked and sounded like a family reunion. Laughter, excited voices all talking at once, people helping themselves to the food on their neighbor’s plate, everyone enjoying the moment, everyone, that is, except the figure in red. She sat back, silent, … Continue reading →

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More talk

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

This is another sketch from Friday night and a continuation of a focus on telling a story about the interaction of people in a group.  Arms say a lot about the intention of speakers and the reception of the idea under discussion … Continue reading →

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Talk

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

My deliberate practice goal this week is to convey a story through the interaction of a group and I caught a few people exchanging opinions this evening in our home. The eye contact, open mouths, and arm positions indicate talking and … Continue reading →

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Open studio sketch

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

Toward the end of the three-hour open studio, I turned to my fellow sketchers to work a bit on my deliberate goal of sketching groups of people in a setting.  I was struck by how uniform their look of attentive focus … Continue reading →

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Study Group

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

The weather was perfect today and students were outside enjoying it as they studied, which helped me along with my goal of sketching groups of people in a setting. I again used markers in place of my watercolors and am … Continue reading →

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A final ‘splash of color’

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

I walked up to the college and sketched next to a pond. A pedestrian stopped on the pond’s bridge, leaned on the railing, and stared meditatively at the water below. He seemed dejected and conveyed this by leaning his two arms on the … Continue reading →

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At the salon

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

I didn’t know where to begin sketching but I knew that in a few minutes I would be draped in red getting a haircut. So I grabbed my sketchbook and drew everything as fast as I could. The incomplete lines and splotchy … Continue reading →

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