Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Still another sketch from the holidays


Pronto, está quase, já só falta este e mais um, para acabar de mostrar os desenhos das férias! Este foi feito a correr, enquanto esperava que as miúdas se despachassem para irmos dar um passeio. Mostra um casal de agricultores, a descascar maçarocas de milho e a espalhá-las no chão para secar, num campo mesmo em frente à "nossa" quinta. Fizeram isto todos os dias em que lá estivémos, quer o céu estivesse nublado, quer um tórrido sol. Quando nos levantávamos (não era assim tão cedo, mas pronto...) o homem já lá estava, depois a mulher juntava-se a ele até uma certa hora em que desaparecia (provavelmente para tratar do almoço), para depois regressar outra vez à tarde, quase até ao pôr do sol. Todos os dias me espantava com a paciência e a perseverança deles, perante o tamanho do campo e do trabalho que tinham pela frente.
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O.K., I'm almost finished, there's this one and then just one more to go! This is a 5 min. sketch done while waiting for the kids to get ready for a walk. It shows a man and wife farmers, peeling corn-cobs and spreading them on the ground to dry in a field just across "our" farm. They did this every single day while we were there, either it was cloudy or the hottest of days . When we got up (O.K., not very early, but still...), the man was already there, then the wife would join him, then go away (probably to prepare lunch) until they got together again in the afternoon almost until sunset. The size of the field and the work ahead of them just left me amazed at their patience and perseverance.

4 comments:

  1. for a 5 minute sketch you did very well, do you use watercolours...

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  2. Thanks, lee. I used watercolours first and then a waterproof black pen on top for the details. Sometimes I do the other way round: pen first and then watercolours, but I'm finding that doing it with watercolour first is quicker.

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  3. Love all of your sketches pequete. Wish I could accomplish what you do in 5 minutes.
    The hard work and dedication of the farmers is amazing.

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