I love watching the interaction of people with the world around them. While uniquely individual, they are all the same in terms of repetitive motion. That's what makes sketching in public easier for me
People change position, move around, walk, bend, eat, drink and I put down a few lines here and there then wait til they resume the position again, which they invariably do. I move from person to person with a line here and there then back again and hope they don't leave the scene entirely before I'm done. I like to test myself with just how much information I can get down in a very short time frame.
While waiting today, I sketched heads of others. I find most people that I sketch are engrossed in their own activities and rarely aware or interested in what I'm doing. The lead in my mechanical pencil gave up the ghost mid sketch and all I could find today was a ballpoint pen in my bag to sketch with, but it fits the bill to capture lines. I think the next challenge will have to be about unusual tools for drawing. Toothpicks, twigs, etc. etc. Never be afraid that your sketchbook is too precious or your drawing not perfect enough. Each line is a moment in history. Your history.
Keep mark making.
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