APRIL ART DUMP

 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. I added washes to get a sense of depth and the larger space.

These were mostly shading studies, focused on the figures rather than a composition. Many of the shoppers are older.

The meat booth. They will slice off a small sample for tasting if you ask.

This is one of our go-to booths. We had a lot of change, and he needed change, so we swithed out the coins for paper at the back of his truck. This is a smaller focused image, so I didn't grey out the background.