So yes, last weekend I was off on the train for a couple of hours, as promised I was drawing all the way. However due to the constraints of reserved seat allocation and tightly tiered seat layouts, many Eastern region trains don't offer themselves easily to sketch the other passengers. (That is a grumble, yes!) On the outward journey this is as much as I was able to see:

On the return I virtually had the carriage to myself, so again, no sketching from life. However, at times like these the pen has other invisible realms to explore ......
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Some of the quick life sketches I drew on crowded trains in Tokyo last summer.

I find drawing on busy commuter trains exhilarating. You never know whether your view is going to be blocked as the carriage fills with people, or whether the subject is going to shift position, get off at the next stop, or notice they're being drawn and feel uncomfortable. The trick is not to draw the person in front of you but one sitting further down the carriage.
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