Umm... Is it possible to find an interesting person in the middle of a sunny Sunday at Tam-Tams? I dunno... Actually, it's much harder to find a plane and normal person. Really, I think that our company of sketchers - running around and hastily drawing candid portraits of strangers - was the least remarkable one.
People in weird outfits, people selling strange and unusual stuff, people drumming, dancing, doing bizarre physical exercises, eating, smoking
We were very lucky to become a test group for Mark's workshop that he was preparing for Barcelona symposium. Sketching moving people is a real challenge and this is one of those exercise that you have a tendency to postpone and forget to do: because it's that challenging. So I was very happy and grateful for this opportunity to finally force myself to jump some fences in my subconsciousness.
The good thing about sketching in a crazy crowd - nobody's noticing you. And the drumming somehow put you into a hypnotic rhythm - the same way that people at the galleys were rowing, non-stop and without a moment to think about what you do. The bad thing - it quickly drives you mad.
I was getting overwhelmed by shapes and colors and noise and smells
I was missing the early morning, when we just arrived. It was so calm and clear and the air was clean, and there was no police around, only the fellow sketchers and a few early bird tourists.
Wonderful sketches, thanks for the remindet!
ReplyDeleteGreat sketches Julia!
ReplyDeleteLove the sketches! I'll have to try the mountain this summer!
ReplyDeleteThank you, guys! :)
ReplyDelete