Kensal Rise
Sketching and keeping rain in a cafe in Kensal Rise.
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Flowers gone wild... I was testing how watercolor paper would work with my ink painting. Unfortunately ink always looks quite dull on it when compared to 'rice paper', which shows magnificent shades and nuances. But the problem with rice paper is that painting gets crinkled and needs to be mounted on a stiffer backing paper, which is a very difficult process. Currently I am sending my work to China to be mounted but that is time consuming. There must be soneone in London who has mastered the traditional Asian wet mounting technique?
I like your sketch Sasa..any people or cars? :)
ReplyDeleteHaha, you spotted my weak point... I don't like people or cars :-P Actually a big Tesco truck parked right in front of those shops when I was drawing them, had to wait a long time for it to leave...
DeleteHej!
ReplyDeleteI am totally loving your recent observational things, both outdoorsy and indoorsy (alhtough ther was only oneof the latter?)
I think it's interesting how what you are posting here is changed so much when you changed your whereabouts! :)
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True, there is a change. Now I wish I had done more 'observational stuff' in Beijing too, but there it always felt a bit out of place. Especially drawing outdoors wasn't inviting because of the pollution.
DeleteYou are a fantastic streetscaper! It looks all so pittoresk.
ReplyDeletelet me say something to Hedwig. Dude, you should see the pictures of Sasa made in Beijing. look back on here, on her blog, it is a wonder!!!!!!!!!!
DeleteBoludo! I did visit Sasa's blog when she was living in Beijing. I loved her then, I love her now.
DeleteBut... I'll do as you say. So I dived into her blogging life, starting 2008.
Hi Sasa, it's so great to follow your life in retroperspective. I like it that you drew your daily life things, like the humidifier, plastic bottles ( I liked that one!) make-up, couch and pregnancy test!
So Roberto, che boludo!, I report to you when I finish sketchbook 1,2,3, but I allready know I find her a fantastic artist. Allroundscaper, but most of all I love the flowers. I saw one, it's called 'farewell'... simply gorgeous. Bye!
Oh no, you remember all the old stuff... This makes me feel shame, not sketching in public...
DeleteI didn''t remember, I was going through your old blog (on instigation of R) and Sasa, don't be embarrassed! You did great. I didn't plan to do it, but I couldn't stop looking at the old posts. I will certainly go on with it, because now I know you (a littel bit) and that makes it so interesting. Like filling in blank pages. BTW I do the same with Roberto's blog, and that's very interesting too. You learn background things about someone and see the development of style. Bye!
DeleteOld work does make me embarrassed, cant help it :-) Anyway, should either add the missing images to that blog or archive it. Haven't decided which one to do yet.
DeleteYes, I stopped looking because there were no more pictures to see. Let me know what you decide.
DeleteOh, this time I fell asleep!
ReplyDeleteMagnificent Sasa! , You draw and color them while you're at the table of a café, a bar? people look at you?
I could not, I feel shame.
I try to be discreet. And I did feel embarrassed in the beginning but I am starting to get used to it.
DeleteSo nice to imagine you sitting there and sketching...
ReplyDeleteLove that color combination!
I like your urban sketches. Do you know http://www.urbansketchers.org/ ? Nice and interesting site.
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