Virtual Event: Draw 100 People in One Week, 2026

It's on again! Marc Taro Holmes (Montreal) and Liz Steel (Sydney) are inviting sketchers around the world to join then for the 10th annual #OneWeek100People challenge, March 9-15 2026.

Here's Liz's invitation: The goal is to sketch as many people as you can from life or from photos and see if you can reach 100. You can do this any way you like—simple pencil/pen drawings are totally fine—and you can take more time if you need!

Marc and I originally did the challenge in 5 days which meant a goal of 20 per day—but you can take extra days if you like.
The idea is simply to push yourself to do more people sketching than you would normally do. There is something special about striving for a big goal of 100 people sketches!

Find out more about the challenge on Marc’s blog here. I love his emphasis on quantity rather than quality. In fact the first time I met Marc (in Lisbon in 2011) he said something that has always stuck with me: "Quantity has a quality of its own". This challenge encapsulates that concept!

If you post your work to Instagram please use the hashtags #OneWeek100People and #OneWeek100People2026

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Note from Laurie (SF Sketchers): This is a virtual event, so you don't have to meet in person. However, if you'd like to get together with some other people in a cafe or other public place, post your invitation with date/time/location in the comments section below.

Some online events where you can rapidly sketch a lot of faces live are Drawing is Free at Monday 10 AM and Pencils4Tea (San Francisco time—one hour later than usual because we're on Daylight Savings and Europe is not yet) at Thursday 11 AM, where each pose is timed to a song. Free, all welcome.

Post some of your sketches on the SF Sketchers Photos page too! Check out some of our sketches from 2025 2024, 2023 and 2022.

– Sketch by Laurie Wigham