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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Ladies Day At J's B&W and Color

I walked into Jalisco's on Thursday to be greeted warmly with a hug by Carlos. He was truly excited to see me, as he had news to share! Carlos, the owner's son, is an artist of great talent. He told me he has entered a contest with a first prize of $3000! Then he showed me a painting he did on his Tablet of Johnny Dep in costume in his latest film Dark Shadow I think (something like that). Carlos' drawing was incredible. I wish I had a way to show it to you here. Take my word for it.
Please join me in crossing fingers and wishing Carlos Winners Luck!

I looked around after sitting  down to see who I was going to draw this day.
I chose the woman on the far left first. I liked her sleek look in professional business attire, long blond hair and glasses on her head.

Slowly others came in and I added the woman in the middle back with the pony tail.
Then I drew the woman not at her table but slightly in front of her at the next table over.
What I drew next thinking it was that woman's very large purse on the table turned out to be a tall baby stroller.
I turned it into a baby rocker on top of the table and added the baby I really could not see inside.
But when his mommy, the woman on the far right, picked him up I saw him clearly
and placed him in the baby carrier in my picture.
Then I added her and the woman with woman #2 in the back.
There were some men around at tables closer to me,
but I always feel more comfortable drawing those further away.
I noticed that my drawing shown on my  last post featured legs; well this one seemed to be all
hands and arms!

When I came home after work I got out my watercolor paints and added color to the scene!


Now this can truly be a Happy Paint Party Friday drawing/painting!
Thanks for stopping by
and double thanks for leaving a comment if you have time.

29 comments:

  1. Fun illustration! Love the colors.
    Happy PPF

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  2. Congrats to your friend and love the illustration... you capture scenes really well... happy painting ...xx

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  3. i like seeing both the black and white and then the color version of this scene. you've captured so much personality in the faces and gestures of these women. thanks for sharing!

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  4. Love your illustration, congrats to your friend.. :)

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  5. Loving your observations drawings, such a wonderful way of celebrating life. Happy PPF, Annette x

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  6. this is fantastic, so wonderful your ladies and the painted athmosphere

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  7. Very good quick drawings with color have reached the level of good work. Saludos

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  8. hope restuarant owners son has good luck with his art. enjoy seeing yet more folks and little babe. wish i could come there and eat and be drawn by you!

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  9. I love that you are sketching from life and the addition of the colour makes it really look like a magazine article illustration - really great!

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  10. These just get better and better. I love how they look so different in color. I am glad you share them both. HAPPY PPF.

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  11. The sketching is great and the color - nice. Love that you shared both. Happy PPF

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  12. Such a change when you add color. They just come alive. I love the fact that you sketch from life and the narration that goes with it.

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  13. Wonderful piece. Love the colors added. Great illustrations. Happy PPF.

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  14. I like seeing your sketch and the finished piece. Congrats to your friends son, I'm wishing him luck. Happy PPF!

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  15. I too love seeing the black and white as well as the color illustrations. I like both but the watercolor really adds a lot. It is amazing how many things a woman's hands can do in just one day. You captured just a small piece of how important our hands are to so many.

    Let us know how Carlos's son does. It is so nice that they both have you to share their excitement with.

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  16. Wow, the color really brings the scene to life, doesn't it? You and Carlos must be the official artist's of Jalisco's by now.

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  17. Looks like you run a fun blog, Lynn.

    You're obviously very creative, I just love the quilts. on your other blog. My family were mostly all (four generations at least) tailors, and I guess it runs in my genes, so your quilting blogs hold a lot of interest for me. I love your lively illustrations! ... guess you've got another follower :0)

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  18. What a beautiful transformation with the addition of color!!
    Wonderful!!
    ♥♥♥
    Happy PPF!!
    Mary
    Mixed-Media Map Art

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  19. Great piece! I love to see a sketch before it's painted. Thanks for sharing! Happy PPF!

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  20. Love it Lynn, I wonder if these ladies know that they're famous now! :) I always love seeing what you bring to life. Best of luck to Carlos!

    Happy Weekend,
    ♥Jenny

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  21. Very creative illustration ~ great observation skills and art ability ~thanks, namaste, ^_^

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  22. fun to hear how your drawing evolved. it is wonderful to see.

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  23. Lynn, first time to your little home here. Wonderful sketches and watercolor. Love love your loose style!! :)

    Happy PPF!

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  24. I love the idea of you sitting down and drawing around you! It inspires me to try the same - what a fun me date that would be ;) Wonderful picture here, Kristin xo

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  25. This is so nice. You really have a talent for sketching in the raw. Kind of reminds me of Andrea's sketches on the bus in Paris. I like how you took bits of this and that around the restaurant and put them all together on the page.

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  26. Your diner sketches are so much fun, lively and interesting! <3

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  27. I just love that you can do these fantastic sketches. The addition of colour really makes them come alive. Love it.
    Von :)

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  28. You are turning into quite an illustrator:))) Love the play with observation and colours and characters :)))

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