Just what it says. Every one was done with ball point pen except the portrait in the upper right corner and the colored on in the lower right corner. Most of these were done at the beginning of my Artist Experience and Print Media lecture classes. The colored one was done at a restaurant at lunch while waiting for Dale to get back from his smoke.

I think sketching before an art class makes it easier for me to absorb the material, wakes my brain up and stretches it perhaps.

These are really good exercises to practice. It will help loosen and speed up your mark making, help hone your eye and hand and also help relax and focus your mind (at least it does this all for me).

Will move to scraps later. Just wanted people to see them for now Because they are kinda neat and fun.

Short explanations:
Left side - blind continuous line contours and quick sketches roughly 3 seconds to one minute.

Upper right - quick sketch, roughly 2 - 3 minutes.

Middle right - quick sketch (left) roughly 2 minutes. continuous line contour (right) roughly 30 seconds

Lower right - quick sketch roughly 2 minutes, color roughly one minute.