Challenge #1: Animated 2D Celebs.

   This year I thought it not enough to just dedicate more time to draw and post "the best of" on a weekly basis. I believe that regular sketchbook sessions have the potential to launch artist in directions that they may never have ventured if not investing time in free association through visual content. So in 2014 my blog entries will focus on regular challenges with one or more parameters... like an exercise or self designed assignment.
   This entry continues the experimentation I finished 2013 with, drawing in cold/warm (black/pink) of ball point pen. The challenge is drawing from the TV as the program runs. I found that the time of the late night talk show hosts monologues (5-7 min) worked best with fewer camera changes and a more frontal view. I also attempted a guest interview portrait sketch but found that the "face time" was even shorter as it bounced between talk show host and guest. It would  be good practice for forcing me to abbreviate info faster or memory drawing but it is not a relaxing sketch session that yields patience or promising results for the unseasoned fast sketch.