Tamas Benko

Sketching Kids with Expressive Gestures: Figure Drawing with Ink & Watercolor

Oh, Jen, just to darn cute and def what you'd see when looking at kids. I’m getting braver, and I have your examples to lift me up with some hope. The poses are so alive with kid-ness! Go, Jen!  - Best, Judy

Oh, other than the fairy and the suit boy they're all Tamas's poses. Glad you like them :)  You've got this.  :)

Wow! I love your sketches, Jen. 🙂 I definitely see improvement on your figures. From the class, your pink jacket girl is the best. The pose is perfect. Her facial expression is adorable. The clothes she's wearing are very natural. Your own characters also look great. The "Too Much" character is on point, and the facial features just work there. The boy with the baseball cap is the toughest one. No wonder if you struggle with that. But it just means that you're stretching your limits. You ran into an area where you can improve. It's just a signal. It may be the volume of forms... to understand better how these 3D shapes work in perspective. This is just an idea. You can tell. At this point, you can decide if you keep pushing it, or you take another direction. This is all good. So, don't focus too much on what's not perfect. Spend some time on what looks great, and let yourself feel that satisfaction. I really like your figures. And you know what? I often have to record some parts of my classes more than once. As I remember, this was one of those. At the end, I just realized that something was off. As I recall, it was the bent knee of the backpack girl. So, I drew everyone again. That's how it is. 🙂

Thank you so much, Tamas  - I'm happy you're seeing improvement. It's kind of comforting to know you found the backpack girl challenging too. :)  I'm going to find some images of baseball caps at different angles and practice drawing them. Somewhere between my brain and my hand, the signals always get scrambled, lol!

The baseball cap is a good idea to practice with. It's a relatively simple, but truly spectacular 3D form with perceptible volume. Go for it, Jen. 🙂

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I struggled with this --!

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