Subway sketching past sunday

I haven't sketched outdoors lately at all, looking through my small Surroundings sketchbook the last one I did outdoors is dated sept.24th, so last sunday I took my sketchbook with me in my way to take a test, resulting in 7 sketches in the subway.

The first 3 were from the few people on the train around 8 am, there's not too much people at that hour in the subway on sundays, the good thing is that the three of them were distracted and/or more than willing to pose for me so I could look as much as I wanted, the color and text were added later at home. My favourite model of this batch was the poser, the "sleeping" guy of the 3rd pic, he wasn't sleeping at all! I clearly saw him staring at me while I was drawing the previous one and the moment he noticed me looking for a new subject he just posed like that, I had a great time drawing him in those baggy clothes and much more interesting pose than the usual passenger.


I did the final 4 in my way back home at midday, and this time I was lucky enough to sit in front of sleeping-party-girl, I've found that a sleeping model is the best in the world! had to make 2 sketches of her, face and feet; I'm not happy with the standing man though, I messed up proportions badly :(, and then couldn't finish the last one either because we arrived at my station but he was really interesting, I wish I'd had a couple more minutes to sketch him.


And here's the one done in september, I don't think I posted it back then, looking at it now I wish I'd forget about the rest and focused on the corner with the poster and the motorbike :) loved drawing it!

sketches

These are near my home again, same distance but in oposite ways, the first one is the Glorieta de Quevedo, a beautiful plaza with a fountain and sculpture of the writer in the middle, it looks gorgeous specially during summer since the whole morning the sun hits the water running and it sparkles beautifully. Looks like the second one is currently a building used by the administration, it's funny I've spent all my life thinking it was a church but it isn't, I've just read it was built as a hospital for workers, I guess I'll stick to the fact that it DOES look like a church so I don't look completely stupid lol.





And then a couple at the waiting room again, if I'm lucky I won't have to spend hours there anymore so I'll take these as a celebration for that

backs backs and more backs

I've just realized waiting rooms are perfect to sketch people, but it looks like sketching their back is the only way to sketch them freely without having to worry about time, when they are not backwards they tend to get anxious and run away lol.

I loved the ear of that man, I couldn't make it justice

Saturday doodle on site

Yep, this time my surroundings' journal entry is not even a place per se, I was waiting for the bus again after almost loosing a hard fight against my *gasp* building's gate, yep, it refused to let me out no matter what, do you know how it feels to be let out of your home? (as in forgetting the keys inside) well now think how does feel like being locked INSIDE. At least it wasn't only me, an old lady was there with me trying to get out too.

So when I finally got out and went to the bus stop just to see that the new advertisement there was the promo of Ong Bak 2 I realised I had my journal doodle of the day, because when you feel like kicking and punching something there's nothing like thai style, with your knees or your elbows or your knees AND elbows... while flying! then again I can't do a flying kick to save my life so drawing it should be more than enough.

Couldn't sketch it all since the bus came pretty soon for once. I think this one will remain in black and white.

Morning sketches

I've been neglecting these weekly sketches, shame on me! so I'm trying to resume them properly, even if I hadn't even picked my sketchbook since July 24th I'd put it in my bag yesterday, met a friend to had breakfast and after a nice morning chatting and window shopping, in my way back home I decided to stop for a while and sketch a bit since it wasn't late, these are the results, both sketches are not farther than 20 meters one from the other


There where I put a blue sky actually is a huge net surrounding a golf area I think, I haven't get in there ever and even if I wanted to sketch from the front garden there was a security guard there so I didn't even try. So the front door will have to do, it's a beautiful place even from the outside anyway.



This other one was my first target, all the way back home I had the fountain in my mind, then it happened to be the most unsuitable thing fora quick sketch, the concrete walls that form the fountain are completely uneven with an interesting design and I failed badly to capture it, yet I hope it still has the right "feel" to it, I enjoyed painting it.


Next time I'll choose a place in shadow to stand while sketching, august is being hot!

More sketches

I'm not painting at all lately, it seems that everyday there's something that keeps me away from the painting table so I'm balancing it doing the july sketching, fast, easier and pressure-free, I could get used to it, it's so much fun! I thought after sketching the open MRI it was mandatory to sketch the high field one too.



And this weekend wasn't a painting weekend at all, I've spent it at a friends house taking care of her dog while she and her husband were out, dog's name is Luca and she's really old and having a lot of health problems and she never ever stays alone in a room if she can go with you so it was like having a second shadow somehow, but she's a doll and I had a good time with her and seems like she did too since when I was leaving their house she followed me to the stairs instead of staying home with my friend. I planned to draw a lot of sketches of her but since 95% of the time her pose was the same I ended up doing only one.

Teresa's surroundings

July project with my dear pals, sketching weekly whatever is around us and related to us, I'm liking it a lot so I'll probably keep doing it, I've started it in my new small Fabriano Venezia, it's a good sketchbook to use a lot of mediums plus is small enough to fit even in a pocket.

Last saturday I had breakfast with my brother and my friend Angeles as usual, so while I was waiting for the bus on my way I decided to sketch a bit, it's right next to my house and it looked a good subject, I wasn't as fast as needed and before I noticed the bus was going away, without me, and the bus driver was looking at me with that kind of look.., a mix of evil pleasure and shock, I still got to have my "americano" brunch, YUM!



And these are from the clinics where I work, late at night or early at morning are perfect quite moments to take a few minuts and make a quick sketch:




And the ones from the subway, SHAME! each time I look at those.... EWWW! anyway practice makes perfect, I don't know when I'll get brave and bold enough to take the sketchbook out again in the subway and sketch my fellow travellers.