Chapter Four:PEOPLE WATCHING AND CAPTURING MOTION

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Faces of construction workers, by Margaret Hurst, graphite and charcoal pencil

DAY 17

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Café portraits, pencil on paper

Faces

“I spent the afternoon at a Barnes and Noble bookstore the other day. During my break for coffee at the Starbucks café, I made some drawings of the people around me. Clockwise from top left: the whiny kid; the satisfied customer; the shy girl waiting to order; the eccentric dude; the quiet reader; the old woman in a wheelchair.”—Despina

EXERCISE 17

Go to a local café and find ...

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