My Drawings: Street People

During 4.24-4.26, I went to DC with a group of friends from my church and helped homeless people. We not only sent bags of lunch to them, but also fixed some community facilities. I took my sketch pad with me and drew a great amount of pictures uing markers. The best thing about marker drawing is it shows the strong comparison between black and white. Lines and pieces of shades are the only two elements existed in a marker drawing. I have to be really careful when I draw a line and paint a piece of shade since there is no way fixing my mistakes.
In order to find the subjects that I need to draw, I observed people in the street carefully and read street newspapers and leaflets. I drew people passed me by and photos from those newspapers and leaflets.


Children In The Street

A Homeless Child

An Old Man
He is the only person I drew whose eyes shining with hope and happiness.

A Homeless Man

A Homeless Kid Looking For Food

A Wonderer
This guy passed me by and got my attention. I don't know whether he is homeless or not, but from his way of walking, I can guess he is a wonderer in the street, a stranger who does not have a purpose walking forward.
I took out my sketch pad when I noticed him and did a two minutes sketch for him. After that, I used markers to shade the figure and drew the background.

Soup Kitchen In 2009