Sketchy Sunday Story Week 2: It’s Live and full of surprises.

Today is my birthday but i already had a great present several weeks ago. The great Rapper/writer/poet/singer Oxmo Puccinocame to Brussles to end his tour. I was not supposed to be there since I had no ticket and no money to get one. But life is full of surprises and with the help of my close friend Ti Max, finally I got in. I experienced a beautiful concert, a magical moment and full of emotions.

I started drawing to embrace the special atmosphere. Usually I do concert drawing with a japanese black brush-pen made for calligraphy. I love it because it shapes easily the typical contrast and the energy of live concerts. But this time i just had a regular pen, and I realized I never did concert drawing so precise and vivid. And that’s exactly what I like about drawing live concerts: It’s live and full of surprises!!

This colorization is an attempt to capture what I couldn’t during the concert. The warm and intimate feeling Oxmo and his two wonderful musicians created. I hope you enjoy it as much i did while making it.

That’s will be all this week….

See you next for a new Sketchy Sunday!

Sketchy Sunday Story

Sketchy Sunday Story Week 1: Moment de paix à la Bourse.

Ce que vous voyez ci-dessus, est un homme d’apparence normal qui médite, rien de si spécial me direz-vous? Peut-être, mais l’élément plus particulier concerne l’endroit où il méditait….

Cet homme d’allure tout a fait commune s’est mis à méditer sur les marches d’un monument très touristique. Pour qui connaît le centre de Bruxelles, il était sur les marches de la Bourse.

Personne n’a semblé y prêter attention, il a sorti ses chaussures, s’est assis dessus, a couvert ses jambes avec son manteau et a commencé très “tranquillement” à méditer.

De temps en temps, il faisait un signe vers le ciel, comme si l’y envoyaient des messages et des ondes positivent.

C’était un spectacle vraiment paisible et particulier. Il ne semblait pas essayer de prouver quoi que se soit ou de se donner en spectacle. Juste d’avoir un moment de calme et d’intimité dans une place publique très fréquentée et très bruyante.

Je n’ai pas pu résister à le dessiner et je suis très fier de ce dessin rapide.

Petite anecdote: il m’a fallu pas mal de temps pour comprendre de ce qu’il faisait. Qui aurait cru que l’on pouvait se construire son propre ilot de tranquillité dans le centre d’une grande ville, au milieu d’un samedi après-midi. Rien n’est impossible, c’est juste une question de conviction!

C’est tout pour l’histoire derrière le Sketchy Sunday …

Rendez-vous la semaine prochaine pour une nouvelle

Plus bas vous pouvez écoutez la musique que j’avais dans les oreilles durant ce moment particulier. 

Sketchy Sunday Story !

Peace at the Bourse.
What you see above, is a man with normal appearance meditating. Nothing so special here, you say? Maybe, but the crazy thing was where he was meditating….This man started to meditate on the stairs of a very touristic monument. For there who knows the heart of Brussels, he was on the steps of the monument call “la Bourse”. 
Nobody seemed to pay attention, he took off his shoes, sat on them, covered his legs with his coat and started very quietly to meditate.
Occasionally, he made a sign to the sky, as if he was sending messages and positives vibes.
The scene was really quiet and private. he did not seem to try to prove anything at all or putting on a show. He just had a calm and privacy moment on a public crowded and very noisy square.

I couldn’t resist to draw it and I’m very proud of this quick drawing. 
Crazy thing. It took me some time before I realized what he was doing. 
Who knew you could build your own island of tranquility in the center of a major city in the middle of a Saturday afternoon. Nothing is impossible, it’s just a matter of conviction!
That’s all for the story behind the Sketchy Sunday … 
See you next week for a new Sketchy Sunday Story!

Here the song i was listening while i was doing this drawing.