I just got back from a week of much drawing in Montreal, but before that I had a few days working in Edmonton - but my "working" always allows for a bit of drawing. So before pictures from la belle province, a few from l'huile province.
I met with well-known artist and urban-sketcher Yong Fei Guan to draw on Whyte Avenue, which I think is the only lively street in Edmonton. Drawing in public attracts some strange people (birds of a feather...), and fortunately this time it was Fei who got the attention from the wandering proselytizing spiritualist-anarchist-vegetarian. He came well prepared, with printed tracts, poems, cartoons and an endless monologue. Fei handled him well and cheerfully, and even got a few drawings done. And they held their poses for me to draw a lot longer than most people do.
I forgot to bring my watercolours with me to Edmonton, and I missed them so much that I went to Chapters and bought a replacement set - from Crayola, complete with a lovely yellow plastic palette, mixing tray and brush. They were suitable for ages 4 and older, so I was qualified to use them. They made reasonable colours, and I figured I could even eat them in a pinch. All for $5. So take that, you people who fly off to Sennelier in Paris for your paints!
It's time to check in here and see what has happened on your blog! That's great you sketched with Fei, and with children's paints. I think flying off to shop at Sennelier (art supplies, I assume) would just be a great excuse to eat croissants and drink wine.
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