Wanderings

Renovations were happening in this apartment. If I'm there, I just get worried. So, the cats were sealed up, and I had to wander for a couple of days. Unfortunately, I had also sealed up all of my books. All I had was my computer, and my sketchbook, so a lot of pictures were done (not so much writing, however). I'm putting them all up, with notes, even.

Above was my situation for most of Saturday, in a cafe called "Siamois" on rue Ontario East. This is the view out of the rather narrow window. I'll have to remember to make my drawings more square, or tilt them when I'm scanning or matting them.




Some guy across the street, and a fictional personage (the one in glasses)



Two cute girls.



A single cute girl. Guess these notes aren't as enlightening as I thought they would be.



A fictional argument. I remember the woman, but maybe made up the guy. Every guy in this part of town is wearing a baseball cap. Actually, that's strange. I did a "wrap-around" thing with the glasses.




Sunday morning. Walked the other way, towards the library, which was closed, so went to the Village to get some coffee. It had been roped off for a street sale which hadn't begun yet, but this is one of the security guards, and a typical older guy. Only men were on the street at this time. I was kind of depressed, but at least it had stopped raining.



Sitting on a terrace later, still feeling sickly. Drawing pictures of older people. I suppose the pen outline with colour is the way to do it, at least on this crummy paper. (not an official "watercolour" book, but a notebook with toothier paper than normal. Still, it does sometimes annoying "soaking up" action to paint.)



Two faces, and a guy who was asking people for cigarettes.



A totally made up guy, except he sort of resembles the Asian waiter whose car got ticketed while I was sitting. Cowboy-hatted, in honour of the Calgary Stampede, not happening in Montreal (but in the village, they were advertising a Stampede Breakfast, with prizes for best Cowboy Costume.)