Drawing out with the Ipad

So me and a friend went to a cafe the other day and did some drawing out. I took my Ipad, and after some traditional sketches (which I will put in a later post) I created these. I had to sketch the outline of each person quickly, whilst I could still see them, then I added colour last, after I had captured as much of their character as possible.

This one took around 10 minutes. The woman was waiting around for some guy, boyfriend I assume. she had a big white bag over her shoulder and a red jumper under a brown coat with a furry collar. I used the technique of low opacity black marks and then overlaying colour on another layer. Lastly I went to the bottom layer and painted the background. for speed painting this method is not as good as a refined piece I feel, but I still liked the colours at least. 

This piece was another 10 minute one. A teenager/ young adult was resting on a post, on the edge of the ice arena. Here I used block colour with a few only a few touches of low opacity black to help blend a few areas, such as the jumper, or the background which I deliberately wanted out of focus. I think that using more solid colour for a quick drawing/ study of someone works much better, as it allows you to put information down faster.

I really enjoyed this drawing out session. My favourite by far was the second image. later today I shall be posting more of my drawing out I pad work. thanks for your time :)