Fridays

Friday, I was pretty tired, having used an electric grinder on some rust on a railing for most of the morning, and my hands were tingling. However, my compatriot R. Gagnon, whom I met at the bar later that afternoon, was on fire when it came to making pics.

Felt sort of geeky with the bar table filled with art materials: construction paper, pastels, coloured pencils, and my own watercolours. But Rick painted and drew up a storm. That's his pastel work above.

Next, his take on one of the people sitting at the table beside us.



Below, I did some watercolours on Rick's pencil drawing, somewhere under the pastel and the ink lines:



The people at the next table were nice. One of them, Dennis, is a graphic artist, and graced my sketchbook with a couple of doodles. Again, not safe for work, but it seems so innocent, I have a hard time imagining people being offended.



For his real art, which he is showing at a gallery this weekend (I hope his website tells the location -- actually it's The Emporium, 3035 Saint Antoine West, Suite #75)) go to www.glamnation.ca .

Finally, for my lone contribution to this post, this is my quick sketch of Dennis and his group (he's actually at far left), which I've enhanced with a few pen lines: