Nice day yesterday (not so much today!), so I took off on the bike. Sat in the park in the morning, and sketched. People were taking showers in the kiddies’ fountain you can see the edge of, at the left. (I think the fountain (which you can see in the link) was designed by Vittorio, […]
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Street guys: Street kid: Street Pug Dog: Street cute chick:
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These have been piling up! I have no idea why I named the truck “Wibberly.” It’s the name of an old British SF author. And another picture. “So What” girl visits Star Wars:
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Yarg
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He’s supposed to be a cheery little guy with a twinkle in his eye. Meanwhile, Walter Matthau is being uncharacteristically menacing (and cryptic): And this is just an old sketch, made in the lobby of the Musée des Beaux Arts:
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The one above, based on an image in one of my “how to draw” books, took me 2 hours. The one below, about 15 minutes. Which one do I like more? That’s easy.
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My browser wasn’t cooperating, and I wasn’t going to be able to post these pictures. But something shook loose. Leading off above is a B-Day card for a friend, who likes military things. Below, a walking girl: And a woman director: Random guys on a page:
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I kind of enjoy trying things out, and possibly failing, rather than doing one perfect picture after another of something I know I can do. Hence these. Guy in a slightly Middle Ages hood. These “backwashes” or “cauliflowers” are accidents. I could paint them out with another layer. But they’re interesting, so they stay. On […]
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Will have to buy new books, or draw on the walls. You can’t stop me. These were outside walkers, and a ball player. I see ball players often, because there’s a diamond in the park around the corner.
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Still working on stuff. Maybe not the stuff I should be. But it is fun!
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Sounds kind of bluesy, and I am out of sorts. But I put the living-room “tree” outside to rinse off the dust in the rain. Sure, like I want it to get bigger, and overwhelm the apartment, like Washington at the end of Logan’s Run. Don’t worry, the cats don’t nibble on it. Thought I […]
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For Saint Jean’s this year, I went out to Mile End. It’s a more English neighbourhood in Montreal than where I live, but that’s where my friends were. In past years there was this big party on rue Saint Viateur, but that’s a thing of the past now. There was just a little pocket of […]
People go by, things go by… Ugly dog who is well-loved by someone. My fat guys weren’t fat enough.
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