The Art of Reading Newspapers -1-

What fascinates me in my (almost) daily sketching of people sitting at the cafes, is, as well as the artistic challenge, the opportunity to observe these people in such banal activities as drinking coffee, eating donuts, calling, smoking a cigarette, etc… It is incredible to see how many different, personal ways there are to hold a cup a coffee, a telephone, a cigarette… most of the time the whole body is even involved! Believe me, when you start at looking into the world with the curious, introspective eyes of a painter, you never get bored!

Today I will start a series of sketches about the art of reading newspaper. I have already published some in the past, but outside the theme, and will republish them in this category, but a little bit later in time, when you have already forgotten them. 🙂

Here are the ones I did today, by the beach. Please observe how the way of holding and reading the newspapers, and even the whole body attitude totally match to the faces, the hair style, the clothes and even the tattoos!

Celebrities Cult

I present you today a series of our local celebrities… all of course hidden behind a mass of hair and/or sunglasses! In fact our town is full of celebrities, judging by the quantity of hair and sunglasses one can see everywhere! And no, don´t think twice, it is not because of the sun.. still shining by the way… ha ha ha!

Jump!

The sun is still shining like crazy in Spain, and this morning again we enjoyed shamelessly the outdoor life! And you know what? You, who live amongst snow, rain and mist, you who always tell us how lucky we are to live here, IT IS YOUR OWN FAULT!

Do you really think that it is luck that we are here? I lived in Germany before, and Kevin in the UK. Do you really think our lucky angel took us under his wings and flew us here?

No! One day I simply couldn´t bear it anymore to live in that cold and rainy country, and amongst all the frustrated faces. I took the decision to leave, and I can tell you, the process of leaving is not a simple one, many doubts assail you before you really take the final decision. At the end it is like jumping into an abyss! One needs a lot of courage to jump, and really, if one doesn´t break one´s bones, and one succeed´s  to build a new happy life under the sun then one can say that one really deserves it.

So people, who envy us: if you are suffering under the bad weather, jump, as long as you are young enough to assure a good landing!

I draw some of these jumpers this morning, some are already old because they jumped a long time ago, some are younger… but all have something in common: they simply enjoy life in Spain!