30 Min Sketches-Hey Angie

In an effort to finally come up with a routine to get me to sketch more as well as help me to draw faster, I have decided to subject myself to 30 minute sketches. I watch WWE Monday Night Raw and figured that I could utilize my time in those two minutes better if I actually worked on art as I watched rather than surf the net.

Raw is two hours long, so basically in the course of the 2 hours, I would work on 4 different poses to sketch out for the duration of the show...I chose 4 of my characters, wrote their names down, and gave them to my (former) girlfriend, Sherina. I also took several of my art technique books with actual human photo references ("People and Places" and "Women and Girls" both by Buddy Scalera and "The Nude Female Figure" by Mark Edward Smith) and gave those to Sherina and had her randomly select a pose for me, then randomly select one of the pieces of paper with the name of the characters and that's how I determined what I would draw. Once all of that was selected, I would start sketching with only 30 minutes to work with what I had. Eventually, Sherina decided that she wanted to jump in on the fun as well!

Here's sketch no. 3 of my 30 min sketch challenge...the muse is the feisty latina fireball law enforcer Angie Santana. She's supposed to be whipping her head around and looking over her shoulder...don't know if I properly captured the movement but I like how this one came out. I cheated again and went back to finish the shading! She has a wide back and some broad shoulders, doesn't she?