The challenge to sketch one hundred people in five days is the brainchild of artists Marc Taro Holmes and Liz Steel, who jumpstarted the initiative seven years ago. During this week, thousands of amateur and pro artists worldwide line up beside them to sketch people, live or from reference photos. It doesn’t matter, as long as you keep the stream going, putting out as many sketches of people as you can, and posting them online to share with the wider community.

I took the challenge made by urban sketchers Marc Taro Holmes and Liz Steel, to sketch one hundred people in a week, and tweaked it a bit, to suit the suggestions made by fellow sketchers last year, and also my own R&D necessities. I wanted to practice hands for a long time now, since they are kind of my Achilles’ kneel of the human figure sketching.

Remember the Japanese folding sketchbook from last year? I filled one side of it with a crowd! I’m planning to finally fill the blank side, and I’m keeping my promise to Carla Silveira and Celeste Vaz Ferreira, who, one year ago, suggested on instagram that I should do one hundred hands next. Thanks for the idea girls!

Last week, Liz Steel and Marc Taro Holmes challenged sketchers worldwide to spend a workweek sketching one hundred people.

Thousands of people took the challenge worldwide. Liz and Marc can be proud that they made the world sketch quickly and loosely for a single week.