Saturday Arvo

Two Blokes

Saturday was spent drawing at Prahran market as part of the 2013 ART Town Public art project….click on the the flyer to your right. A Public Art Project is exactly that….Public!

Hence a certain degree of nervous tension drove the flow of ink today. The market was busy with the bustle of shoppers and stall holders alike, calling for quick observations and rapid stokes with the pen.

Afterwards a quick stop at the local Tabaret for a cooling ale. A wine, a beer and a raspberry lemonade was had whilst on the big screen a big race in Sydney was run.

Pierro won.

Play Ground

ScanExperimenting with some different paper……this drawing is on Canson Watercolour paper 270gsm with the rough surface.

Watercolour, ink and gouache.

Lunchtime Dip

Scan

This heat wave is unrelenting and I have lost track of the number of consecutive days over thirty. It is actually too hot in the studio to paint so the seaside is calling.

The water is superbly refreshing.

Playing Cricket

ScanSaturday morning sport. A warm Melbourne morning at a school in Wheelers Hill. Teenaged kids every where playing almost every sport man known to mankind. I was there to watch volleyball but it was too hot and stuffy inside the gym so I sat outside instead.

Pasticceria

Pasticerria

Today I made a trip to Collingwood that was not needed. I didn’t realise this until I got there. A shame, because I dislike wasting days with gorgeous blue sky weather, in the car.

So I had lunch in Smith Street and did a sketch of the shoptop across the road. Then I went to the Lost and Found Market around the corner and bought a set of placemats for $30….complete with dust.

They are very small and have these fantastic images of horse races circa 1950’s and imprinted upon the back, it says Made in England. Apparently they had been in the store for well over twelve months. It would seem that those north of the river are not taken by equine images.

All is good.