I know you think all I'm doing this month is eat and drink and hang around with sphinxes and putti. Not so! I also hang around with abandoned motorbikes! 
I'm trying out some cool new Daniel Smith watercolors, such as Blue Ochre, which I used for the underpainting here. All in trying to get ready for sketching in Paris!
Of course, I have to practice drinking wine before I go, too. This nice couple were at the bar just long enough for me to sketch in the basics. Then, the hostess called them to their table and they were gone.
call me crazy
but i think putti
and motor bikes (like the abandoned one, not Harley's and other "muscle" bikes)
have something in common
playfulness...? i suppose that's what i'm seeing
as thin as the connecting thread may be
i DO see it!
;^)
Posted by: zephyr | September 21, 2006 at 12:29 PM
Wonderful sketches. I am so excited about your trip I wonder how you can stand waiting!!
Posted by: TeriC | September 21, 2006 at 09:45 AM
What a life you lead ;)! If I ever set eyes on Daniel Smith paints I shall snap them up (and hope they work their magic on me)! I love the way you've done Cupid's face here especially the corners of his mouth!
Posted by: Felicity | September 21, 2006 at 09:36 AM
The cupid is wonderful. I only wish I could do that too! No, not hanging around with motorbikes... I'd love to paint like this!
Posted by: Renate | September 21, 2006 at 09:04 AM
Chuck said it.
Ha! "...hanging around with sphynxes and putti..." -- you run with a bad bad crowd!
Posted by: Lori Witzel | September 21, 2006 at 07:28 AM
Don't know what to add to these hilarous comments, the couple has a great feel to it and I highly approve of the practice of wine drinking, especially combined with drawing. I think the cupid will make a divine motorcycle rider, looks like great fun on a bike.
Posted by: Tami | September 21, 2006 at 03:05 AM