A DAY AT THE MARKET Our weekly Monday morning trips to the market in Espinho continue. The experiment continues. I think I may have settled on a way to capture a single moment and direct the focus on the subject I find interesting but that is not entirely settled. I liked the mother and daughter paired. the background is pen (Micron) using a couple of different lineweights. This is a nice interaction between the seller and customers and begins to illustrate the constant activity among shopkeepers and customers. I tried a softer faded background, but it the subjects and their interaction is not as strong. I have seen this man several times, usually attired as shown here. The neutral background begins to capture his aloneness. These were studies of backgrounds - cool grey and warm grey, and without the linework. I like that the woman is interacting with someone off the page. This woman was enveloped by all of the crates and produce that made her look so small and frail. ...
