9/4/14 Diamine Chocolate Brown and Grey inks, Canson XL 140 lb. paper (Confeiteria Colombo, Rio) |
(You can tell from the title that this post should be called
“Miscellaneous,” but I refuse to call it that.) One rainy day in Rio, Joni, a
Montreal sketcher, met Greg and me for a day of indoor activities, including an
excellent Dalí exhibit at the Cultural Banco do Brasil, lunch at a funky café, and a little sketching
near the Theatro Municipal (the sketch I did there is in Brazil, Part 2). We had heard that Liz Steel and several other sketchers had discovered the Confeiteria Colombo, a grand tea shop
that has been in Rio since 1894, so we wanted to see it, too. In the Liz
tradition, Joni and I sketched our tea and treats as we consumed them. (I don’t
know how sketchers can resist eating long enough to sketch their meals! I had
to draw most of my cake from imagination.)
Joni and Tina sketch in the Liz Steel tradition! |
Before flying home, we had several hours to kill after checking
out of our hotel but before heading for the airport, so Greg and I killed them
by walking around the neighborhood. I spotted a couple of statues to sketch –
just a few of the many ornate figures all over Rio.
No urban sketcher’s travel sketchbook is complete without
sketches from long airport layovers, so I’ll end my last Brazil post with a few
of those. Thanks for reading along with me on this lengthier-than-expected
travelogue!
(But wait – there’s more! I still have several blog post ideas
that aren’t specifically about Brazil but are related to travel sketching,
including the infamous bag issue update,
so it’s not the end!)
9/7/14 Diamine Chocolate Brown ink, Canson XL paper (Apa Sao Jose griffin, Rio) |
9/7/14 Pilot Iroshizuku Take-Sumi ink, Caran d'Ache Museum pencil, Canson XL (Apa Sao Jose, Rio) |
8/22/14 Platinum Carbon and Diamine Grey ink, watercolor, Zig marker, Canson XL (ATL airport) |
9/8/14 Platinum Carbon ink, watercolor, Museum pencils, Zig marker, Canson XL paper (ATL airport) |
8/22/14 Take-Sumi ink, Canson XL (ATL airport) |
8/22/14 Diamine Chocolate Brown ink, Canson XL paper (ATL airport) |
9/8/14 Take-Sumi ink, Canson XL paper (ATL airport) |
Great wrap-up of your trip and lovely sketches from the neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteI will see if I can upload something as I travel, but it will be iffy. I'm not bringing a computer and don't have an iPad so I need to upload from a memory card. I'll see what I can do. Ciao!