Camping in coffeeshops

I stopped at a coffeeshop on my way home from work this evening, to draw the unsuspecting customers. There was a girl sitting and flirting with her conversation partner, very animated, a lot of fun to draw. She switched poses every three seconds, always tilting her head around and making these great broad expressions. I tried to capture some of them... I've found that drawing people talking is a really good exercise, because there are very specific ways that they look at the person they're talking to. Really expressive attitudes. I've been listening to the radio and drawing the characters on the radio talking, which is another thing that's been helping.





Figured out this morning that drawing the head and neck at the same time, in a kind of gourd-shape, really helps the overall gesture and expression. Gives me an idea of what the area is I have to work with, where the ear will go in relation to the face, where the hairline will be. Usually I draw the head and then when I'm done with that I tack on the neck... this works way better.