Sketches of Barcelona

Column of  Columbus 

Quench His Thirst

Barcelona Lovebirds 

Recent Sketches:

Today's Sketches

I went to the Forest Park this afternoon. There were left only six blank sheets in my sketchbook. I wanted to use it up so that I could start a brand-new one for my travels in Europe next week. So wait for my sketches from there. I don't plan to paint since this is not a working trip.

Push, Mom. Push

(I saw a number of muslin women taking children to the playground. I liked their robes. One lady was taking picture of her baby on the swing)

Sitting Idle

(The guy changed his pose, so I turned the sheet upside down and started all over again. You can see see part of the head at the bottom of the page. It happened very often f you sketch in public places )

Skinny Father

Reading Fashion Magazine

Playing with Cellphone

Images in the Park

Ever since my experience with Dr. Pepper (Lawrence) in a Florida park, I've become more sensitive to homeless in this country and more cognizant of their physical appearance and situation. I began to notice a number of people who sit, sleep or doze off in New York parks every morning are homeless. They often have their belongings with them, either in a shopping cart or bags. They sit on the same bench almost everyday. So I decided to expose the dark side of capitalism this morning by sketching the three images.

Everything has two sides. As far as the dark side of society is concerned, sometimes, we may instinctively don't want to see or feel comfortable to see, as is described in the song Sound of Silence. Sometimes, some people don't want us to see or prefer we don't consciously care about it.  Before I went to the park in the morning, I read online a satirical article, titled It is a Kind of Happiness to Live in a Lie. I had only heard previously a line from German poet/playwright Friedrich Schiller's drama: It is a kind of happiness to destroy others' happiness. It piqued my interest, so I read the article. The article is about China. There, the powerful controls media and internet so good that ordinary people live in such a lie that they are not cognizant of the seriousness of corruption, pollution, crimes, poverty, etc. To certain extent, people are made to believe it is safer to yourself if you act as if not seeing it. Maybe it is a kind of happiness if you can learn to close your eyes to what is happening around you.

Today's Sketches

 Two Young Mothers at Swing Set

Mother and Child

Mother and Child

A Boy in a Big Jacket

Chatting

Girl in the Park

Today's Sketches

I went to a couple of places this morning, First the library, and then the coffee shop/bakery and the park. Finally the Senior Center. Here are some of the sketches I did at different places.

 Tennis Player Reading His Ipad at Coffee Shop

Sitting in the Sun

Drinking Takeout Coffee

Making Phone Calls at the Door Steps of Post Office

At Senior Center

Chef of the Cafeteria

 At Senior Center

Playing with the Phone

Poker Players

Sketches: Subway Passengers and Tourists in New York

My wife and I went to Whitney Museum this morning and then stopped by at Chelsea Market. There were a whole bunch of tourists there. On W 14th St. and Washington Ave. there were many restaurants serving food on sidewalk. We had a light lunch and did quite a few sketches there.