PORTRAITS FOR LIFE

The Art of Doing Nothing # 5: Master of all He Surveys

(ink & watercolour on paper, Café Masko, Mojacar Playa, 21/02/2009)

So fascinating to observe all these people sitting at a café. Even doing nothing the characters are so obvious: in the way they sit, the way they cross their arms or legs, the way they look around…that one, for example, really seemed to own the whole world!

February 21, 2009 Posted by Miki | art, caricatures, coffee, humour, life, men, portrait, The Art of Doing Nothing, women | art, caricatures, Drawing Persons, figures drawin, funny drawings, humour, ink sketches, Miki, People drawings, portraits, sketches, sketching persons, watercolour sketch, women | Leave a Comment

The Art of Doing Nothing # 4: Difference of Opinion

(ink & watercolour on paper, Café Masko, Mojacar Playa, 27/01/2009)

It was very diffcult to capture the woman telling her story… I did what I could!

I was fascinated by the incredibly excited expression on the face and body position of the woman listening to her…

January 31, 2009 Posted by Miki | art, caricatures, coffee, humour, life, men, portrait, The Art of Doing Nothing, women | art, caricatures, Drawing Persons, figures drawin, funny drawings, humour, ink sketches, Miki, People drawings, portraits, sketches, sketching persons, watercolour sketch, women | Leave a Comment

The Art of Doing Nothing # 3: Summit Meeting

(ink & watercolour on paper, Café Masko, Mojacar Playa, 15/01/2009)

Quite regularly I go to a Cafe by the Beach, and sketch people spending their time there.

It is a great way for me to practise live sketching.

Well, people are quite still sitting on a Cafe terrace in the sun, but they still move quite a lot and it is a wonderful (but sometimes frustrating too!) exercise to try to catch them in some position or expression.

I much more prefer this way than to go to some figure painting meeting, where the models stand still, almost dead… this does not inspire me at all, and neither does their nakedness I must admit! I much more love to draw the stuff which people put on, sometimes they are such a funny mirror of their souls… no funny clothing on this one though.

In this case it was the contrast between the Macho with the black hair and the other people which inspired me…

January 28, 2009 Posted by Miki | art, caricatures, coffee, humour, life, men, portrait, The Art of Doing Nothing, women | art, caricatures, Drawing Persons, figures drawin, funny drawings, humour, ink sketches, Miki, People drawings, portraits, sketches, sketching persons, watercolour sketch, women | 1 Comment