Sketchbook Saturday

Faces in a crowd

Crowds, and the closeup of faces, are an endless subject for artists, and these executions of the theme are today’s inspiration.

An artistic illustration of diverse women with various hairstyles and outfits, drawn in a sketchbook. The design features a mix of colors, including red, blue, and black, with intricate hairstyles and expressions.
Cherie Altea, aka Jar of Salt

A personal favourite (below), by an Inuk artist from Canada’s North (Kinngait, the centre of Inuit art). The drawing was on exhibition at the Marion Scott gallery, here.

Illustration of a large crowd with numerous stylized faces, where one person is holding a camera above the crowd, capturing a photograph.
Ningiukulu Teevee, Sell Out Crowd
A collection of hand-drawn illustrations of diverse women, featuring various hairstyles, clothing styles, and expressions, arranged in a grid format on a notebook page.
Caribay Marquina (source)
Illustration of a large group of diverse children, drawn in black ink, with various hairstyles and clothing styles. They are depicted in a casual setting, showing a range of expressions.
Antonio Simas (source)
A person holding an open sketchbook featuring colorful illustrations of diverse women with various hairstyles and outfits, surrounded by art supplies and notebooks on a textured workspace.
From a feature about Parul Arora on Jackson Art
A hand holding a sketchbook featuring a detailed black and white illustration of multiple diverse women with varying hairstyles, facial features, and accessories.
“my sketchbook when I let my hand move before my brain thinks!!” (source)
A colorful illustration featuring a grid of diverse, stylized faces created with various colors and patterns.

And this is a reminder that a sketchbook is not a place for perfection, unless you want it to be. Well known New York artist Jennifer Orkin Lewis draws these “doodles” all the time – this one on a drive through Morocco to occupy her time (original here)

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