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Frozen watercolor

2012-02-04T17:20:00.015-05:00

Today was a gorgeous sunny day in Montréal: one of those days when the light is so bright that makes neat silhouettes and sharp contrasts everywhere. Not that I am very good at capturing the light, especially in watercolour, but it was imperative to go out and do some sketching. I have tried to sketch in the cold before. A year ago, while still pregnant, I asked my husband to drive me to the park and walk with me. After 3 or 4 rounds I took out my pocket sketchbook and a pen. "Are you going to draw now?" asked my husband a bit amused, "I could clear the snow from the bench so you can sit there and I'll go back to the car." I couldn't blame him, itwas -19 celsius without wind. At the time, I was drawing houses in blue ink, so that was the pen I had with me. However, after a few strokes, the ink froze and I had to waddle back to the car to look for a pencil to finish the sketch. I wasn't pleased with the outcome, but it was a special sketch because it had been drawn on my due date and it kept my anxiety at bay for some time.

I have recently gotten a koi travel set that fits nicely in my winter jacket pocket along with a niji waterbrush. The sketchbook is a 7x10 Canson Mixed Media that is good for experimenting and drawing at home, but a tad too big to bring along with me at all times. My first intention for today's sketch was to draw first with pencil and then give a few touches of watercolour, so I grabbed the mechanical pencil and quickly realized that the wind was picking up and the faster I could sketch, the better. So taking a leap of faith, and drawing inspiration by Kumi Matsukawa's style I attempted my first ever location drawing on watercolour without a net (ok, is just graphite). I was as happy as a child making snow angels.

Quick update

2012-01-22T16:00:00.004-05:00

2011 has been a busy year with the arrival, in January, of my youngest daughter. We are close to celebrating her first birthday, and before I start planning about the cake I carved out some time to update the blog and flickr. So here they are!

Fall sketches

2010-10-19T12:34:00.009-04:00

After a long hiatus, I felt the need for some encouragement and decided to take a sketching class at the Montréal Botanical Gardens. The instructor guided us through a process that included writing a few lines about what we wanted to convey with our drawings. I found that really useful, not only to unblock the hand but to better frame the subject and to select the emphasis points.

I worked with pencil and non-permanent ink, but decided to apply a touch of color at the last of the three sessions, on Sunday October 17.

Chinese Pavilion. The color theme for this year's The Magic of Lanterns is blue.

Small bridge at the Japanese Pavilion

Japanese Pavilion

Pagoda at the Chinese Pavilion

Around the neighborhood

2010-05-01T20:29:00.005-04:00

Three sketches done on "waiting mode": the top one while waiting for my children to finish their game at the park; for the middle one, I parked on a street near their school, just a few minutes before pick up time; finally, the swings were sketched while waiting for the shuttle service that the garage offers to its costumers, really appreciated, because it is a long walk from their location to the metro station, which is just in front of a neighborhood park.

Easter Sunday

2010-04-05T01:02:00.004-04:00

We had a quiet Easter Sunday at home: church in the morning, homemade brunch, and lots of sketching by the Lakeshore Cultural Centre in Pointe-Claire, a West Island suburb of Montreal. My daughter and I packed a box of drawing supplies (sketchpads, watercolors, markers, brushes, pencils...) and sat on a bench overlooking the lake. I love this spot because there is a great view of the Saint-Louis Lake. It was a perfect afternoon for a walk to enjoy the warm weather and the breeze. My first sketch was of a maple tree, and later I drew a group of seniors sitting on lawn chairs close to the water (they were having a rather heated debate about physiotherapy!) The sun was setting and mosquitoes clouds began to rise. For some reason, they had a preference for the young sketcher by my side and left me alone to draft a general view of the lake and the distant church. She managed to finish her sketch despite the buzz, color and journal entry included, I am so proud of her!

Fruit cravings

2010-03-19T20:39:00.003-04:00

This week my body was really craving for lots of fresh fruit, but instead of heading to the market in the first place, I went to dig into my desk drawers to find this sketch from the 2007 sketchbook...

The church before the rain

2010-03-14T22:10:00.004-04:00

I usually make an effort to avoid talking or writing about the weather, but this year we have had an unusually short winter in Montréal, and now it feels more like the end of April than mid-March: there is no more snow in the streets and our sunny week came to an end with some showers (which I would be perfectly fine with IF, only if, the automatic switch of the sum pump hasn't given up and left us holding our breath every two hours when the pit fills to capacity and my husband has to go to the basement to start the switch manually and avoid basement flood...and why do they advertise 24/7 service at the plumber's if there is only a voice mail???)

OK, sorry, I had to vent... I managed to do this sketch of the neighborhood church before the rain came. It was a very pleasant time that I got to spend with my daughter, a real urbansketcher-in-a-bud. She did a sketch of one of the towers and wanted to go back to do the whole building, but the rain would not allow us to go back today, so, rain check for next weekend.

Musicians

2010-03-01T13:11:00.003-05:00

Downtown Montréal was all lights and music on Saturday, Feb 27th, as thousands of people took to the streets to participate in one or more of the 180 cultural activities that ran through the night. I made this sketch at my first stop while listening to the contagious rhythm of gypsy music.

Conference at the Woodwork Hall

2010-02-26T14:35:00.004-05:00

More than a decade ago, when I landed in Montréal, my attention was captured by this building but never actually researched its history. Fast forward a decade: a conference happened to take place at Université du Québec à Montéal inside the Woodwork Hall (Salle des Boiseries). I asked if anyone knew what part of the former church we were in, but no one seemed to have more information. Knowing that in Montréal, and the whole province of Québec, education used to be in the hands of the Church until the 60's, when the Quiet Revolution occurred and a lot of changes took place, I assumed the church was purchased by the university during this period, when schools and colleges became under the responsibility of the State and a lot of religious buildings were repurposed. To my surprise, I discovered that St-Jacques Church was in fact Montréal's first Cathedral! It was consecrated in 1825 and burned down in 1852 (along with 1200 other buildings). They eventually built Mary Queen of the World Cathedral and proceeded to rebuild St-Jacques to serve as a parish church in 1857. The building endured two more fires and reconstructions, until it was purchased by the University in 1973.

During my research, I came across this photo which shows how the block looked like in 1976. St-Jacques spire and transept, considered historic monuments, as well as Notre Dame de Lourdes chapel, were later integrated into the University campus.

At the park

2010-02-21T18:35:00.003-05:00

Every time my mother comes to visit I ask her to bring me literary magazines, so I can read essays, short stories and poetry in Spanish. There is something about a magazine that allows you to read also the pulse of the society where it has been edited that make them more attractive as presents than books, especially when books are more readily available from local and internet bookstores, but having subscriptions for 3 or 4 foreign magazines could be pricey... Anyway, I took my magazine to the park two weeks ago, with all the intention to read it cover to cover while sitting on a bench and enjoying an hour of sunshine, but while reading Benedetti's Huellas the itch to sketch was overwhelming and voilà... Glossy paper is great for Staedtler pigment liners and it doesn't buckle too much with a very light wash of watercolor (applied today).

Drawing and experimenting

2010-02-15T10:45:00.004-05:00

While trying to focus on drawing with pen and avoiding pencil (or mostly, the temptation to erase), I could not resist giving this sketch a touch of color, but the only pigments available on my backpack were a pack of Pilot Highlighting markers, the kind you can remove by friction. Although I felt the need, I was very hesitant —read afraid― to apply color. It happens every time: I really have to muster up the courage to apply a few touches. Oh! How I admire those with a bold sense of color! (Just look at Miguel's sketches here) Sometimes I ask myself if I could live in a black and white movie, but then a little voice tells me to remember that I used to love all the visible light spectrum, so, what happened? Well... somewhere along the road my "color sense" got kinda blocked, or spooked. So I must cajole it gently to come back to reason and treat itself to the brand new tubes of watercolor that have been patiently awaiting for it to raise from its depression. I wish to become a fearless sketcher, a free soul to experiment with tracing, estimating, measuring, highlighting the features and essence of what captures my curiosity and desire to understand this world.

(And the little voice whispers: That's enough blogging, aren't you supposed to sketch?)

The West Gate: Montreal Chinatown

2010-02-06T15:58:00.005-05:00

A quick escapade to Chinatown to eat at the Noodle Factory, a tiny restaurant on St-Urbain Street, between Viger and René-Levesque. Had wonton soup and steamed dumplings, just the right thing to warm me up!

Finishing touch

2010-01-24T23:00:00.003-05:00

Shadows are trouble for me. It seems that I can not get the right amount of contrast without darkening the whole area, like it just happened with one side of the church. Well, it is just paper, right? Back to the drawing board, with more practice and observation, but if anybody knows of a good book about light and shadow please let me know!

Turn frustration into focus

2010-01-22T20:24:00.005-05:00

Frustration was hitting hard yesterday when I missed the bus because a light would not change so pedestrians could cross the street. That meant waiting for 20 minutes for the next bus in very cold and windy weather, but I had a good view of a nearby church, so I managed to sketch for 10 minutes.

The blue sketch was done today, while waiting for my turn to get the car washed after a week of slushy roads.

Memory Lane: Turin

2010-01-21T18:18:00.004-05:00

I hve the key to my friends apartment, 74,000 lira, three tramway tickets, 30 available photos in the camera, one notebook, one journal, a blue felt pen, a map and a water bottle. Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento Italiano, here I come...

Memory Lane: Barcelona

2010-01-20T12:21:00.000-05:00

I've been down Memory Lane with the help of old sketches. I could say that I took up sketching and journaling during that trip to Europe. My friend guided me through her hometown and took me on day trips along the Costa Brava and Costa del Sol. A few years later, she moved to Germany, and although I have made plans to visit her there, the trip has never taken place. I called my friend before Christmas but were greeted by the voice mail. My German is poor, but I did recognize her voice, so I left a message. She called back, to be greeted by my voice mail and the dance went on for three more calls!!! Christmas went by without communication, but 2009 could not finish without exchanging a few words, so the fourth time when I could not find her in Germany I tried Barcelona. I did find her at her old place, sharing time with her family. We talked for an hour, and yes, now we'll continue our conversations by e-mail.

Carrilló at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya and Sitges Beach, Costa del Sol.

Cutting out procrastination

2010-01-18T21:00:00.004-05:00

Today I was fighting against the well established habit of staring at the screen, browsing around page after page. The journal was right by the computer, asking to be opened, the pen was willing to be a faithful companion in this fight, so I closed the laptop, wrote a page and made a drawing. Nothing fancy, just to get me out of this procrastinator's mood that sticks more often than I'd wish.

A recipe for 2010

2010-01-17T09:53:00.007-05:00

Does the perfect balance exist? I wish I knew the right one that works for me. I feel far from finding the right dose of drawing, writing, reading, learning, social activities, volunteering, family time and chores that makes me feel satisfied. It looks like life does not come with a recipe, but in the meantime we ought to try a few. Last week I discovered a recipe for chocolate cookies that yielded a wonderful stack of chewy little treasures, so here is the Everyday Matters Challenge No. 75 - Draw the ingredients and/or process of a favorite recipe - and journal about it.

Aviary

2009-08-19T21:07:00.004-04:00

I spent some time drawing birds at the Ecomusée. These birds have been injured and would not be able to survive in the wilderness again, so they are taken care of at the aviary.

Summer Drawings

2009-08-14T14:43:00.007-04:00

I am deeply grateful for all the information, tips, and encouragement that flows through the EDM groups. I have been inspired by a lot of members who post about their creative process and techniques, and by those whose tenacity takes them to accomplish their personal drawing goals, whether they are looking for a career in the arts, or just for the pleasure of sharing their very own perspective on the world. Thanks EDMers! And of course, thanks Danny for starting the group and keeping it alive and running!

Sometime ago I read in the forums about Caran d'Ache's neocolor watersoluble crayons. Having trouble carrying a maybe-too-big-for-travel watercolor palette I decided to give the crayons a try, and so far, I have achieved the goal of adding color on site. I recently had a picnic some miles west of Oka, Quebec, and drew the view of the river (below). The fish (above) were done while strolling along the Japanese pond, at the Montreal Botanical Gardens.

Do you like scary rides? I used to love them in my teens, now I only draw them!

This quick sketch would also be a part of the Montréal B side series, because the foreground is an alley in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district. Across the river, on Ste-Hélène Island, you can get a glimpse of the Goliath, one of the roller coasters at La Ronde. The drawing is 2.5 by 4 inches, done in a really beaten up notebook that is not used for sketching, hence the smudges.

Close to the park in watercolor

2009-05-01T10:09:00.004-04:00

This is the same house as yesterday, but with color and some touches of ink applied. I think the foliage of the maple tree in the background would need more work, but I was afraid of creating a mess. The oak in the foreground is still bare.

Close to the park

2009-04-30T13:23:00.005-04:00

This was a beautiful spring morning and although I had a number of errands to run I didn't feel like driving. On my way to the bank I couldn't help it: the drawing bug bit me and I had to stop, scratch the itch, and draw this house...

Montreal Backyards 1

2009-04-25T11:56:00.003-04:00

The facade of a building it's usually its most attractive side. However, there's something about the "B side" of buildings that remains worthy of sketching.

I'm trying to use more colors and accentuate the shadows. I think the drawing looks kind of flat though.

Rue Milton

2009-04-24T14:06:00.005-04:00

This neighborhood is officially known as Milton-Parc, but everybody calls it the McGill Ghetto. It is densely populated by McGill University students and therefore, is a very lively street, with good coffee shops, restaurants and a nice second hand bookstore called The Word. I had a good half an hour to spare, so I went into the bookstore and perused around the art shelf. I was most pleased to discover Leonardo Drawings: 60 Works by Leonardo da Vinci, which I bought in anticipation of a visit to the Leonardo exhibition in downtown Montreal.

Montreal: Dawson College and Parc des Écluses

2009-04-02T18:52:00.006-04:00

A couple of sketches I did last spring. The first one is a view of Dawson College from Barat road. The second, a sketch done at the Old Port of a place called Parc des Écluses.

EDM # 51-Draw your TV

2009-04-01T15:36:00.003-04:00

Well, this is my TV and the shelf which keeps it off the floor. I can't count how many times there have been plans to replace them: a hd flat screen and a proper stand are still in my wish list...

The pictured show is not my favorite. It just happens that I did the sketch on Sunday, the night of the Jutra Awards (thik of it as the Québecois Oscar). I think it would be really difficult to draw a sitcom or a series: I would get distracted by the plot and by hitting the mute button at every publicity break.

Drawing with the permanent liner was challenging and required more concentration than sketching with pencil. It forced me to really focus on the different planes to avoid overlapping, and to constantly check for the right proportions and relation between the elements before drawing a single line. I would definitely try more inks in my future drawings, I get a sense of discipline when I use them.

Old Sketches (5)

2009-03-31T23:59:00.001-04:00

St-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec. This town is best known for its wooden sculptures, arts and crafts. However, what I most remember is the delicious meal at La Boustifaille. This sketch of the town church was made while still savouring a crustade aux pommes.

Old Sketches (4)

2009-03-27T13:50:00.000-04:00

When I was a child, I accompanied my grandparents to many funerals. I didn't like the funeral homes, which always seemed dark, crowded and oppressing. However, I liked the religious ceremonies, in which most people seemed to find some peace and consolation. At the cemeteries I used to read names and dates on the tombstones and my imagination would make a ghost-like image of the person as I thought he or she might have been in life.

This is a sketch of the church and the graveyard after a funeral at Les Cèdres, a town 30 minutes west of Montréal. August 2007.

Old Sketches (3)

2009-03-23T18:43:00.001-04:00

A peek at Wood Street from Barat Road. I began to draw the house closest to my parking spot, but the owner noticed and I just couldn't keep sketching under his zealous surveillance, so I just turned the page and fixed the lateral mirror.

Old Sketches (2)

2009-03-21T10:40:00.001-04:00

The windmill was sketched at St-Zotique beach, a popular destination to beat the summer heat some 40 minutes west of Montreal, close to the Ontario border.

This series of old sketches were all made in pencil on a small sketchbook (10x15 cm/4"x6") I got as a Christmas present. I was able to haul it everywhere which was essential to take up a drawing-everywhere habit.

Houses on Avenue Sainte-Croix (final)

2009-03-20T16:29:00.000-04:00

I have finished the sketch. Yesterday, a meeting was cancelled and I drove right to the spot to complete it. Drawing in the car is great when the cold wind is blowing and the only place to sit down is actually a parking lot, but I look forward to plain air sketching in the following weeks!

Old sketches (1)

2009-03-19T03:10:00.000-04:00

In an earlier post I mentioned how much I used to enjoy sketching in the car. This is the first I made while parking on Barat Road. It was in the middle of winter, 2006.

Houses on Avenue Sainte-Croix (2)

2009-03-18T14:34:00.000-04:00

I did't make it past day 5 of the Thing-a-Day Blog: it was difficult to find the time to scan and blog about my day 28 days in a row. Nevertheless, I'm committed to finish this sketch of Avenue Sainte-Croix houses. Here's step 2 (at this pace, by the time I finish the snow would have melted completely and the trees would have leaves!).

Houses on Avenue Sainte-Croix

2009-02-04T14:55:00.002-05:00

I had a few minutes before a meeting today, so I sketched in the car. The sketchbook I'm drawing on is a Galison with bright and smooth acid-free paper which takes well some water to make a light wash. However it's very bright when scanned (see 01.01.09 post!) so I have been trying to adjust for a better screen display using the Gimp software.

I had forgotten how pleasurable it is to sketch in the car. The past two years I got to sketch almost every Tuesday afternoon. Every twenty minutes I had to turn on the car for a couple of minutes to warm up a little (my ecological conscience would not allow me to keep the engine running for more than that) and make sure the car battery would not fail because the radio was on all the time.

I'll try my best to finish the sketch later this week.

New Year-Nouvelle Année-Año Nuevo

2009-01-02T11:55:00.000-05:00

Visit to the Montréal Botanical Gardens. This is one of the Christmas trees inside the Main Exhibition Greenhouse.

Visite au Jardin Botanique de Montréal. Un des sapins de Noël dans la Grand Serre.

Visita al Jardín Botánico de Montréal. Este es uno de los árboles de Navidad en el Invernadero principal.

Summer Music

2008-07-21T15:40:00.001-04:00

I just finished formatting the sketch of a cellist performing at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. I am still working on another sketch I hope to post soon.
I have been reading the post at the EDM forum about Rose Madder and was quite surprised to learn about its lightfastness. That's why I love the forum, I learn something everyday! I'm only using a 4 colour palette based on Jeanne Dobie's "Making Color Sing." I do love the transparency of her works, but a little more reading about pigments won't hurt and I'll be able to make an informed decision while choosing the next tubes to buy.
The orange was made with a mix of Aureolin Yellow and Rose Madder, both from Holbein (top left corner).My watercolor teacher always stressed that brand and quality matters. She liked a lot Daniel Smith wc, but they're not available in Canada. OK, there's mail order, but I love the feeling of walking into an art store and choosing the colors, reading the labels, the feeling of the brushes, the smell of paper...

Acabo de terminar un croquis de un violoncelista tocando en el Festival Internacional de Jazz de Montréal. Todavía estoy trabajando en otro croquis que espero terminar y publicar pronto. He estado leyendo en el foro de EDM acerca del Rosa de Garanza y me sorprende que sea un color que se destiñe. Es por eso que me encanta el foro: se aprende algo cada día. Estoy usando una paleta de sólo 4 colores, basada en las recomendaciones de Jeanne Dobie y su libro "Making Color Sing". Me encanta la transparencia de sus acuarelas, pero un poco más de estudio acerca de los pigmentos no me hará daño y podré tomar una decisión más informada cuando compre otros tubos de acuarela. El naranja fue obtenido de la mezcla de Aureolína y Rosa de Garanza, ambos de la marca Holbein (esquina superior izquierda). Mi maestra de acuarela solía decir que la marca y la calidad sí importan. A ella le gustaba usar colores de Daniel Smith, pero no están disponibles en Canadá. Claro, están los envíos postales, pero a mí me encanta eso de entrar en una tienda y escoger los colores, leer las etiquetas, sentir los pinceles, el olor del papel...

Summer veggies

2008-07-21T15:15:00.000-04:00

Welcome to my kitchen! I've been watching Anita's and Borromini Bear's post about food and got inspired. These are the organic veggies I've got for the first week of July. This is the first time I have ever tried the tatsoi, an Asiatic green leafy veggie with a taste of spinach.

¡Bienvenidos a mi cocina! Me he inspirado de los croquis de alimentos de Anita y de Borromini Bear. He aquí las verduras orgánicas que recibí la primera semana de julio. Es la primera vez que pruebo el tatsoi, una verdura asiática con sabor parecido a la espinaca.

Summer Swimming

2008-07-21T14:14:00.001-04:00

Shading is one of the most difficult challenges for me. It took a while before I got the chrome handles! Although I'm satisfied with this attempt, I still have a long way to go before I could say that I feel comfortable drawing reflections.

El sombreado es uno de los retos más difíciles: ¡me tomó un buen rato dibujar el barandal cromado! Y aún cuando estoy satisfecha con el resultado, todavía falta mucho para que pueda decir que me siento a gusto dibujando reflejos.

Portrait Party with Nadine

2008-07-10T17:06:00.000-04:00

Hey! Take a look at this portrait exchange! I swapped portraits with Nadine. They're up now at the Portrait Party.

¡Hey! Echa un vistazo a este intercambio de retratos. Intercambié unas fotos con Nadine y ahora están en este blog.

Allô! Jette un coup d'oeil ici. Nadine et moi avons fait un échange de portraits pour la Portrait Party.

Creature and the Celestial Bells

2008-07-07T17:36:00.001-04:00

I liked Creature. So I looked up their info and discovered they were performing again the very next day, in the context of a Street Theatre Festival in Lachine. The Festival featured the Celestial Bells. A french troupe of musicians and acrobats that perform some 180 feet above ground, attached to a mobile structure that spins and opens its petal-like armature like a gigantic steel flower.

Me gustó Creature. Busqué más información y descubrí que se presentarían al día siguiente en el contexto del Festival de Teatro de Calle de Lachine. La presentación estelar del festival era el Carrillón Celeste: una troupe francesa de músicos y acróbatas que ofrecen su espectáculo suspendidos a 60 metros de altura, trepados a una estructura móbil que gira y abre sus pétalos metálicos como si fuera una gigantesca flor de acero.

Q in Montreal

2008-07-07T17:03:00.001-04:00

On June 26th, I went to the taping of Q, a radioshow that I listen to, that was in the city for a change (they're Toronto based). Then again, I pulled out the moleskine and draw. Couldn't get Hank Jones and Joe Lovano in the picture (concrete column obstructed my view), but made a composition of host Jian Ghomeshi, Gregory Charles and three guys from Creature. The whole presentation was awsome. I'm not the autograph chasing kind of person, but I asked them to sign the sketch. I added some watercolor at home.

El 26 de junio fui a la grabación de Q, un programa de radio que escucho, que para variar estaba en esta ciudad (son de Toronto). Una vez más, saqué el moleskine y me puse a dibujar. Literalmente no pude ver a Hank Jones ni a Joe Lovano (una columna de concreto se interpuso), pero hice una composición con Jian Ghomeshi, el conductor del programa, Gregory Charles y tres chicos de Creature. Toda la presentación estuvo genial. No suelo pedir autógrafos, pero les pedí que me firmaran el croquis. Más tarde lo pinté con acuarela.

St-Jean Baptiste

2008-07-07T15:55:00.000-04:00

A few sketches I've been doing.
First on Saint-John-the-Baptist day, June 24th. I attended a celebration at Centennial Park in Beaconsfield, by the St-Louis lake. This year celebrations had special meaning, since the province celebrates the 400th anniversary of the foundation of Québec City. It was like taking a step back to the time of New France: there was a traditional trades and crafts fair (everybody wore a costume) and Samuel de Champlain strolled the grounds while a reel played in the background.

Algunos croquis que he estado haciendo. Primero, el día de San Juan Bautista, el 24 de junio. Fuí a una celebración en el Centennial Park de Beaconsfield, junto al lago Saint-Louis. Este año las celebraciones tienen un significado especial, ya que la provincia celebra el cuarto centenario de la fundación de la Ciudad de Québec. Fue como viajar en el tunel del tiempo y volver a Nueva Francia: había una feria de oficios y artesanías tradicionales y los mercaderes vestían prendas de época. Samuel de Champlain se paseaba por el parque mientras al fondo se escuchaba música folclórica.

Ecomuseum

2008-06-23T00:45:00.000-04:00

Today I went to see the bears at the Ecomuseum. They didn't stay still for long and I'm not that fast drawing animals. I had better luck sketching the birds of prey.
Soft drawing pencils and Faber Castell Pitt artist pen sepia on wc moleskine

Hoy fuí a ver los osos al Ecomuseo. No se quedaban quietos por mucho tiempo y pues yo no soy tan rápida dibujando animales. Tuve mejor suerte con las aves de presa.
Lápices de dibujo y marcador Pitt artist color sepia en moleskine para acuarela

Aujourd'hui je suis allée à l'Ecomuseum pour regarder les ours. Ils ne se tiennent pas immobiles très longtemps et je ne suis pas assez douée pour dessiner des animaux. J'ai eu meilleure chance avec les oiseaux de proie.
Crayons de dessin à mine tendre et Pitt artist pen sépia sur moleskine aquarelle

Frente al sol/Facing the Sun/Face au soleil

2008-06-22T22:02:00.000-04:00

On Saturday, I took out for the Tohu to spend the afternoon visiting the Éco-Fête. To my big surprise, the event had already finished. However, the music was still playing on, so I started to sketch the building on the other side, which is the office tower of Cirque du Soleil headquarters. It was a nice subject for the first day of summer, don't you think?

Staedtler pigment liner 02 on wc moleskine and wc pencils

El sábado, salí rumbo a la Tohu para visitar la Eco-Fiesta y me encontré con la sorpresa de que el evento ya había terminado. Sin embargo, la música seguía sonando, así que me puse a dibujar el edificio de enfrente, que es la torre de oficinas de la sede internacional del Circo del Sol. Buen tema para el primer día de verano ¿qué les parece?
Pigment liner 02 de Staedtler en moleskine para acuarela y lápices acuarelables

Samedi, j'étais partie vers la Tohu pour passer la soirée en visitant l'Éco-Fête. Pour ma surprise, l'événement était fini. Pourtant il y avait de la musique, alors j'ai commencé à 'croquer' le bâtiment d'enface qui est la tour à bureaux du siège social du Cirque du Soleil. C'était un bon sujet pour le premier jour de l'été, n'est-ce pas?
Pigment liner 02 Staedtler sur moleskine pour aquarelle et crayons aquarellables

Introduction/Introducción

2008-06-22T18:56:00.000-04:00

Greetings from Montréal! I would like to share with you images that move me to sketch in order to capture a particular moment or place. This is my temporal and spatial perspective of the city I live.

¡Saludos desde Montréal! Quisiera compartir contigo las imágenes que me incitan a dibujar para capturar en papel y lápiz un lugar o un momento en particular. Esta es my perspectiva espacio-temporal de la ciudad en la que vivo.

Bonjour de Montréal! Je voudrais partager avec toi les images qui me poussent à faire des croquis pour saisir soit un moment, soit un endroit particulier. Celle-ci est ma perspective spatio-temporelle de la ville que j'habite.