Table six, nine minutes

Drawn live at a hospital staff party while both of them argued about who was taller. One of them was right.

All Every head on file Live events August 2026
The sitting
Client
Ochsner staff holiday party
Use
Live drawing, given to guests
Medium
Brush pen and marker on 160gsm
Size
9 x 12 in
Drawn
December 2025

Live work is a different job to studio work. You get somewhere between six and ten minutes a head, the sitter can see the paper the whole time, and half the room is watching over your shoulder. I set the shape of the head down first and commit to it, because there is no time to correct a likeness out there, only to push it. This pair came off the pad in nine minutes flat and went home in a sleeve.