Here are some of my latest gesture sketches made from the café terrace as tourists & locals mill around.
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They're all 10 second quickies. I'm looking to capture gesture, expression & attitude through body shapes, posture & clothing. If I'm lucky sometimes I manage to capture
character & that's when they're most successful I think, that's when the drawings have some life.
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mister jones !! how the f?§@# are you?
ReplyDeletethese are great!
ReplyDeletethese are great and I'm lovin the dogs.
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you Matt,..Is there where you live? in Nice? Now i´m so jealous!...I like your sketches so much!:D
ReplyDeletewow - I love how you squeeze so many sketches onto on sheet! Great study
ReplyDeleteHey some comments disappeared-wasn't me! Blogger messing up. . .
ReplyDeleteIt is easier to take their pictures with a digital camera.
ReplyDeleteReally lovely drawings.
The crowd that surrounds the pushchair is reminsicent of a caravaggio composition. The figures enveloping the object.
ReplyDeleteI also love the ambiguous drawing of the mother yanking her child in the air or is he leaping with joy? The pucci inspired prints seem to be all the range in your 'endz'
Lazy but sweet these drawings.
ReplyDeleteMine just got lost...I believe you are censoring critical comments.
ReplyDelete....Funny. As I sent you a new comment, an old one from me appeared!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a bloody hell's going on?...Every time I post a comment a new, different one appears in the column..It is almost funny!
ReplyDeletehey
ReplyDeletei am gonna send the t-shirt this week. sorry for delay.
Amazing!!!!
ReplyDeleteSuper cool studies Matt. This blog is truly out of this world. I really dig all the stuff you're crankin on here.
ReplyDeletePeace,
Joe y Elio
perfect!
ReplyDeleteLove these observational beauties! Really nice feel and attention given to each character.
ReplyDeleteMerci tout le monde!
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