Day Books, the art-as-life of Sharon Frost, one page after another.

Volando sobre el Atlántico. Chaleco savavidas debajo de su asiento. 14 de diciembre, 2012. Viernes. (Flying over the Atlantic. Life jacket under your seat.)

Trapped/packed in the tin can in the air: American Airlines impossibly small planes. At least I have Cortázar.)
Sketchblog:  http://sharonfrost.typepad.com/day_books
7 x 10 in. double page spread; watercolor, ink, whatever, on paper.

Mirando Messi, mientras él pasa a la historia: 86 goles en un año natural. Barcelona a Real Betis. 9 de diciembre. (Watching Messi make his historic goal: 86 in a calender year.)

7 x 10  in. double page spread; watercolor, ink, whatever, on paper.
Bar Five, Plaza Mina, Cádiz.

Hace frío en c/Buenos Aires. 4 de diciembre, 2012. (It's cold on Buenos Aires Street.)

5 7/8 x 9 in.; watercolor, ink, whatever on Stonehenge paper.

(In Cádiz with the usual international luggage; shawl from Jerez, bought last year, story by argentine Julio Cortázar in an edition bought in Cádiz; the usual box of watercolors.



La somnolencia de la tarde en el tren Cercanía entre Cádiz y Jerez de la Frontera. 7 de noviembre, 2012. (Afternoon sleepiness on the cercanía train between Cádiz and Jerez de la Frontera.)

7 x 10 in. double page spread; watercolor, ink, whatever, on paper. 

Casa Juana la del Pipa. Desayuno Andaluz. Santiago, Jerez de la Frontera. Martes. 6 de noviembre, 2012. (Breakfast in Andalucía.)

7 x 13 in. double page spread; watercolor, ink, whatever, on paper.

Motivos: duro (azulejos) y suave (folaje). 14 de noviembre, 2012. La Huelga General. (Patterns: hard, tiles and soft, foliage. General Strike)

 

Casa Rosaleda, Jerez de la Frontera.
Sketchblog:  http://sharonfrost.typepad.com/day_books
5 7/8 x 9  in.; watercolor, ink, whatever on Stonehenge paper.               

De Jerez de la Frontera (España). 30 de octubre, 2012.

Manteniendo al tanto de la trayectora del huracán a traves de Nueva York, por la luz de la linterna.
(Keeping track of the path of the hurricane across New York, by the light of the lantern.)    

5 7/8 x 9 in.; watercolor, ink, whatever, on Stonehenge paper.

 

Vuelo AA94 de JFK hasta Madrid. 16-17 de octubre, 2012. (Flight 94, from JFK to Madrid.)

Un avión imposiblemente pequeño para cruzar el Atlántico. Lleno de gente. Estamos juntos, los miserables. (An airplane imposiby small for crossing the Atlantic. We are together, the miserable ones.)

7 x 10 in. double page spsread; watercolor, ink, whatever on paper.

Dibujando con Giacometti otra vez y, bueno, un autorretrato también. 22-23 enero, 2012. (Drawing with Giacometti again y a self portrait too.)

7 x 14 in. double-page spread; watercolor, ink, whatever [collage] on Stonehenge paper.

I found these sketches in a notebook -- they took me back to November in Málaga and the Giacometti exhibition at the Picasso Museum.

There was a film crew in the way and I began to sketch from the paintings and drawings partly to overcome my irritation (and besides photography was prohibited).

And then there was the film -- with Giacometti painting -- a portrait.

Volando, sin comodidad, sobre el atlántico. 1 diciembre, 2011.

7 x 10 in. double-page spread; watercolor, ink, whatever, on paper.