Drawing with Urban Sketchers in Madrid

Urban Sketchers : meeting at the museum ABC of illustration to draw the museum and its surroundings (Conde Duque).

What is obviously obvious :

- The museum is so so SO difficult to draw,

- There are a lot A LOT of dogs around,

- This year's colour seems to be RED...

We all begin to portrait the place. Later, Mauricio, de Tres Editores, says : "Illustrators and publishers are shy. That's why they find their own way to express themselves..."

While drawing we really discover the place's life : old chaps speaking loud, holding their ciggie on their lip, newspaper under the arm ; old ladies pushing caddies ; young fashion people walking their dogs ; first floor blond guy watering flowers on balcony. 

But the most surprising : two young sisters speak to us from behind the convent's windows railings. They laugh just like children. They seem to be from Philippines. Francis, who's drawing just nearby, reminds me they chose this life. It always impresses me... 

We move to Conde Duque, and a scooters' gang rushes in ! Just like in Quadrophenia, the Who's movie... Such a noise, such faces, and awesome retro jackets...

A friend draws the Comendadoras sisters' church, children do too. The eldest deals out the colour pencils, a bit strict ! 

Urban Sketchers in the museum yard...

At the museum, there are two lectures about comic strips. We learn comic is considered culture now, and that text is as useful as pictures do.

We end in a cider bar, I hope to end this drawing one day. Choni's sketchbooks are awesome to draw in ! 
And this cider bar invites you to realise a panoramic vue...