Monday, June 17, 2013

Sidewalk Dining




Sidewalk Dining
The restaurants have moved dining out onto the sidewalks for the summer. A sketch in front of a pizza place in my home town.
9”x 9” ballpoint pen

7 comments:

  1. Excellent the joys of summer, I use to love these places, happy memories, it's a fantastic sketch

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    1. It is nice to watch so many people together making the most of a good day.
      Thank you

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  2. These are the kinds of scenes that elicit a sense of melancholy and loneliness in me. I feel so separated, just a watcher. But hey, what is art without an emotional response :)

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    1. Emotional responses are everywhere. There is art in emotions, in loneliness, in people walking alone, together, in friends laughing over a meal. It’s all art. Think about the gifts you have to express so well these emotions. Most can’t.
      I like watching and drawing, or thinking of drawing people in setting like this. Sometimes memories are sparked. More often than not my curiosity takes over and I get lost picking out characters and fabricating stories for them. In this case it was the waitress and the women in the foreground who wouldn’t stop looking at me, as I tried not to be so obvious as I photographed them.
      Being in the present helps… Now you have me remembering how long its been since I’ve had pizza with someone at this place, just down the street…

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  3. Une scène de vie que j'apprécie particulièrement... un moment de détente... en couple, entre amis... des rires, des paroles encore et encore...
    Une merveilleuse composition.
    gros bisous

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    1. Food and drink with friends is a great way to enjoy the day.
      Thank you

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  4. these situations don't make me lonely, they are busy together friends, and I slowly take a photo...and I'm never lonely

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