Cafe Sketches

Montreal is great for having a variety of choices when it comes to cafe environments. Still, it can be difficult sometimes to find a good atmosphere that will allow some time and space to sketch or draw. Although sketching or drawing can be done in most places, I'm always on the search for a place that is in tune as a creative space. Besides that, this place has tons of character on its own and it made for a great (humid) afternoon sketching (before the eventual downpour).

a wooden table and floral wallpaper to set the mood

a figure emerges from the white space as I am immersed in coffee.

ink pens and a sketch in progress

Sketchbook Entry

áthas / joy (king) sketch

skeleton / flowers, pencil sketch.

With the coming of Spring from the gray frozen winter, my inspirational aspiration this season is joy.

Cafe Sketching

Nina a la lune . ink on paper with digital media

Another get-away to a Montreal cafe with my sketchbook, pencils and pens (and a Starbucks Christmas coffee cup).

Drawing the Moon

moon pencil drawing/sketch

Continuing work on the Children's Hospital Illustration, for the piece, "Nina a la lune" (Nina Has the Moon), phonetics book illustration. Today, I got away to a cafe to sketch out the moon element that I plan to transpose over the figure of "Nina" digitally. Let's see how it goes...