And so this was Christmas...

Jávea, Nochevieja en casa de mis padres. Estamos digiriendo, hercúleo trabajo en estas ocasiones. La cena acabó hace un rato pero aún falta para las uvas. Polvorones y cava para matar la espera (y eternizar la digestión). Yo me pongo a dibujar el belén y lo que está al lado. Empiezo poco convencido pero en algún momento me doy cuenta de las hojas de flor de Pascua sintéticas, María y José del tamaño de Barbie y Ken, el ángel colgado del cuadro, y de repente todo se me antoja imprescindible y la pluma empieza a ir sola. Lástima que la fluidez no alcance a mis tripas.


El impulso es tan fuerte que al día siguiente aún me quedan ganas de dibujar detalles de este tremendo escaparate, pero no quedan hojas de flor de Pascua que me inciten a colorear nada.

 Jávea, New Year's Eve at my parents house. We are digesting, herculean labor on this occasions. Dinner finished a while ago but we are still a bit far from the 12 grapes. Polvorones and cava to kill the time (and perpetuate digestion). I start drawing the Nativity scene and what's around. I start not so convinced but at some moment I realize the synthetic poinsettia leaves, Mary and Joseph the size of Barbie and Ken, the angel hanging from the picture frame, and suddenly everything seems indispensable to draw and the pen starts working alone. Alas, this fluidity doesn't got transmitted to my gut.

The boost is so strong that the day after I've still got fuel to keep on drawing spots of this tremendous showcase, but there are no more synthetic poinsettia leaves driving me to put some color.

Pocket Sketchbook #7

My pocket sketchbook between april and july 2009. Almost all sketches where made from life in Bologna, Casalecchio, Ravenna and Vignola (Italy), Jávea and Gandía (Spain) and Porec (Croatia).
Music: Cesar Miró (1907-1999) "Todos vuelven", (Rubén Blades, Buscando América, 1984)

Kraft paper sketchbook

Customized kraft-paper sketchbook (I made the wire- binding on a copy service in order to open it 360º). It's been a mate for almost 6 months in which I filled it of every idea (or non-idea) comming to my head and/or my hand: scribbles, sketches, public life, portraits, TV drawings, still lifes, designs, projects and so on. Made in Bologna, Casalecchio, Jávea and Venezia between december 22, 2008 and june 6, 2009.
Music: Chauncey Olcott (1858-1932), "My Wild Irish Rose" (Keith Jarrett, piano, 1999)

Some days in Javea

Some days ago I came back after a little trip to Javea, a little town on the east of Spain: beach, sun, swimming, good food (we were in the middle of the paella land), and obviously... sketches.
These are taken from a little sketchbook I started in the airport (and almost finished at the end of the trip).
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Four months have passed since I posted my last EDM challenge, and even if it seems I don't follow the thread anymore, I think this blog keep on beeing always that thread. Thank you EDMers. This sketch is the 9th of a series I started a year ago (and I don't know when I'll finish).