When you sketch in public spaces you need to be aware of the present and let go of the doing. If an old lady is waving her shotgun from her porch or a young man is throwing pebbles, you maybe the target and maybe not. Time to move on and find another spot.
These happenings and others made me think about my senses- sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. Usually, I am just interested in sight. Now I pay attention to; unfamiliar smells or noises, biting insects and inquisitive people… ” people talking without speaking, people hearing without listening”.
Sebastian Stoskopff (1597-1657), French Baroque, painted this still life of a young girl with symbols of the senses. In this era there was as many things to be aware of indoors as outdoors.
Sebastian Stoskopff, Summer of Five Senses , canvas on oil, musée de l’Oeuvre de Notre Dame, Strasbourg, 1633
In this small Mexican village I continue to sketch and watercolour in “seguridad”.
Passage way to Pacific, Guayabitos, watercolour, 2016
Passage way to Beach, Guayabitos, watercolour, 2016
Wall Mural, watercolour, Guayabitos, 2016
Love these watercolours.
Those alleys, passage,or whatever they call them are people watching places with interesting architecture. As we talked about them some are well kept public spaces while others are left to fend for themselves.