Category Archives: Body Language

Library Napper

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

Today I continued to work on telling a story about a person while also placing the person into a place that shows depth and proportional sense. I returned again to the library, read books about composition and sketched several versions … Continue reading →

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Try # 2 of the Telluride Talk

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

Today I took several of the sketches I did yesterday at the Telluride Talk and used them to rework the sketch I posted yesterday. My primary goal was to use scale to convey greater physical distance between the speaker and … Continue reading →

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Telluride Town Talk

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

Telluride has a tradition of public talks which I love attending because of the provocative topics and the many captive people I can draw. Most speakers have to work hard to explain the topic in terms that the general public can understand and … Continue reading →

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A Foot on a Bench

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

My plan for this day is to do several sketches in the style of last week’s ‘Pensive Figure’. I went out sketching and caught several groups of people interacting. Here is a sketch I did of three people sitting at … Continue reading →

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Pensive Figure in Forest

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

I have been camping out of internet range and was unable to post. This is the blog I wrote for July 10, 2015 Continuing with my study of perspective, today I will sketch figures in the context of a full setting. … Continue reading →

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Fourth of July Greetings

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

My plan for today was to catch quick actions that would tell a story that anyone could understand. I planned to do it by using gesture drawings of individuals or pairs of people, without background detail. This quick sketch is about … Continue reading →

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Still Working on Body Language

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

This is the fourth day I have worked with the same basic sketch. At this point I believe I need to set it aside and work on other subject matter, as I am still confused about how to convey the emotions … Continue reading →

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