SKTCHY: 30 faces | 30 days
SKTCHY 30 faces | 30 days is a challenge held in august 2022. Each day of august, the participants get asked to draw the human face in pen or pencil, starting august 1st, 2022.
website: SKTCHY
SKTCHY provides 30 inspiring reference photos and 30 video drawing lessons (about 60 minutes each). The challenge is suitable for artists of all skill levels, from beginners to masters.
The ten teachers, or should I say the "extraordinary pen and pencil artists from around the world" are:
Alvin Chong
David Tenorio
Joan Martin
Juan Perednik
Justin Maas
Kirsten Britt
Kyle Legaspi
Tiffany S. DaVanzo
Shanay Scarlet Manitzky
Zac Rybacki
drawing skills to focus on:
Capturing likeness through accurate proportions, value building, edge control, etc.
Hatching (cross and contour) and blending
Establishing focal points
Controlling ink flow
Hand-eye coordination
Observation skills
Drawing more accurate eyes through simplification
Gesture drawing
Composition
Drawing by erasing
Facial anatomy, especially in older faces
art supply list:
Pens: ballpoints (black, blue, and various bright colors); water-soluble (e.g., Pilot G2); gel (white); fineliner
Pencil: lead (2B-8B, 2H, HB); mechanical (2B, 4B, HB); colored (black, red, white)
Paper: white/light and, optionally, toned gray and blue
Eraser
Optional: white acrylic paint for highlighting; white charcoal; ink (pink, sepia, grey); brush; shading stick; sandpaper
materials: keep it simple, but impactful
The recommended art supplies are pens and pencils. Simple, but impactful. If you manage to draw an accurate image of a face, you can capture anything on paper. On top, these materials are cheap. We always have them around or with us. The easy access to art supplies eliminates the excuses, and stick with the drawing or even make it a daily routine.
