The custodian
Identify your principal character
and their psychological role in
the scene. Decide where you
will place them on the paper
to emphasize their action and
intent. Draw their action,
together with any immediate
props they are using, such as the
desk and pamphlets seen here.
CATCHING
THE
MOMENT
The assistant
Identify the antagonist (or
second character) in the
scene. Decide where to place
them to emphasize their role.
Draw their action and props.
Here, I added the assistant,
who is largely expressed
through the shape and fall of
his raincoat and his way of
using a note pad. If drawing a
more complex scene, continue
adding characters. In the final
step (left) I reinforced the
custodian's desk, which is
pushed toward us in a gesture
of confrontation. With a few
strokes, a pillar locates the
scene in a depth of space.