2a. Read the newspaperarticle about the sketches and answer the questions.

1. Who drew them?

Eric Molinsky
2. Where were they drawn?
on the New Yorlk subway
3. What's unusualabout them?
They were drawn on an iPhone.

2b. Read thearticle again and match a-f to blanks 1-6in thearticle.

NeW eel
a. What do you look for in a face?

b. What does technology add to your work?

c. What are the problems of working on the subway?

d. What do you do with the sketches afterward?

e. What's the best part of your work?

f. Why don't you warn people that you are going to draw them?

3a. Complete the summary oftheinterview.

1. Eric Molinsky loves sketching (1) people who aretraveling on the (2) subway .He
useshis (3) iPhone so that no one will notice what he’s doing because he doesn’t want people to (4)
pose and look unnatural. He uploads the sketchesto his (5) blog . He has
morethan (6) 300 faces on his site. These faces represent for him the many facesof (7)
New York
3b. Workin pairs. Discuss the questions.

* What do youthink of Eric Molinsky’s hobby?

* Would you be happy for him to sketch you on the subway? Why/Whynot?

Evic Molinsky is afreelance radio reporter with an

interesting hobby, He likes sketchingpeople secretly on New
York Citys subway using his iPhone. Read this interview
with dim,
l ?

“I love the technology side ofit; it feels right for my work.

I use an iPhone apy called Sketchbook. 1 use my finger to do
the drawings; | chink they come outreally well, better chan if
| was using a normal sketchbook and pencil. And ofcourse
svople dent knew you're drawing them.It works beautifully.”
2 2

“Because | dont want them to pose. Ifsomebody realizes I'm

drawing ther: and gets annoyed, then | delete the drawing.
I con't want co annoy people. But most people are friendly or
they don't notice,”
3 ?
“There isn very much time. People are coming in and out, and
fecan get crowded, so | have to draw them really fast, The initial
black and whice drawing only rakes about 30 seconds, Often I
nish the dezails at home. And I add layers of color.”
4 >

“Ie’s not easy; every day it’s like a hune—a hunt for a great-
cocking face. Like, you chink, "Wow thar guy has a great beard!”
Real people are always moreinteresting than what | would have
come up with in my own head.”
4 >

“L post my drawings co 2 blog. | have more chan 300 sketches

on Ce site, so Denple can easily go and check if they're there!
Tae faces look so different; they're the faces of New York: babies
and the elderly; burkas and sundresses; skaters and executives.”
6 3

“I'm happies: when I feel like I've captured somebody co the

point where you look ar the drawing and you think the person
‘siust geite to stare calking to you”
1a. Workin pairs. Look at the extracts from the interview. What do the wordsin bold refer to?

1. ... it feels right for my work. working with an iPhone

2. ... they comeoutreally well.
the drawings
3. It works beautifully.
using an iPhone
4. But most people are friendly or they don't notice.
people

1a. Workin pairs. Look at the extracts from the interview. What do the wordsin bold refer to?

5. People are coming in and out,and it can get crowded.

the subway
6. | have to draw them really fast.
people
7. It's not easy, every dayit’s like a hunt—a huntfor a great-looking face.
looking for a good face
8. ... people can easily go and checkif they're there!
people

2a. Look at your answers to 1b and answerthe questions.

1. Which two adverbscan also be used as adjectives?

well, fast
2. Which adjective can also be used as an adverb?
right
3. Which word endingin -ly is not an adverb?
friendly
4. Whatis the adverb form of good?
well
2b. Complete 1-5 in B in the Grammar panel.

B -ly adverbs

Many adverbs of manner are formed by adding-ly to an adjective:

beautiful = beautifully , easy > easily,
gentle — gently

Note: Notall words that end in -/y are adverbs.

Someare adjectives: (2) friendly , lovely, etc.

Someadjectives and adverbsare the same.

) fast 4)right , late, early.
|! had a late night. (adjective) / workedlate that night. (adverb)

Note: The adverb form of good is

5) well

3. Choosethe correct option to complete this short description of the Sketchbook app.

I've just downloaded Sketchbookonto myiPad. It’s / greatly | \|t downloaded soquick /|quickly|andit's so
Peasy / easily to use. Tostart with, | drew very “careful /(carefully . \t wasthe first time I'd drawn with myfingers.
Butthen startedto feel more [@/confidend / confidently, and | foundthat | could draw really good /{well andreally
/ fastly. Much better than | had ever done with a pencil or brush before. There's an / enormously
rangeof colors and effects to choose from. And the final results look really (professional / professionally. Try it out
for yourself! I'm sure you'll be / impressedly .