Foundation Grounds

Drawing at Blueprint Coffee Day II

Had a great morning of drawing. The crowd was thick for morning coffee at Blueprint Coffee. Anna, (an aspiring animator), and I drew as people placed their orders and kept up with the scene with our pens and ink.

Overheard: 
Child: "Mom why do they call this place Blueprint?" 
Mom: "Because I think they followed the blueprint to make the prefect coffee."

Some things we discussed (plus a few extras) that I wanted to note around techniques and themes were:

1. Drawing small boxes with limited lines (like 10) 
2. Drawing the panoramic scene.
3. One and two point perspective 
4. Breaking down multiple views of a scene as it progresses.
5. Action drawing versus precision and finding a balance.
6. The concept of the cartoon as a simplified gesture
7. Breaking down sub-regions of a scene
8. Figures in motion
9. Textures
10. Symbolizing

Over the next week I will break down what I can of each of these points a couple per day..

Out front of Blueprint Coffee

Drawings by Brian

Drawing by Anna

Detail of Completed drawing by Anna

Mokabees and other Urban Sketches

Starbucks Sketching

Restaurant

Back to Meshuggah Cafe

Picture by Brian

Picture by Alessandra

Picture by Alessandra

Coffee Shop Conversations

Looks like we had a cast replacement, though his approach seems the same.