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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Rhythm & Blues in Autumn

Friends, I sketched jazz players last Saturday in the Botanical Garden. "Close-up" excited me so much and a great fun. Enjoy them all.Jazz players were happy with my sketches, whcih made me happy, too.
...a bit embarrasing, I missed out the meet up with other Sydney Sketch Club members in the garden. I expected it at 3:30. BUT it was 3:00! (Thank you, Liz for "baby sitting" of this big girl!)

The jazz players had concerts at Vista Pavilion. After separating from Liz, I went back there and sketched this. We, sketch club members often get together in front of the "Palm Grove Centre," the shop in the Botanical Garden. Friends, could you guess what's hanging from the tree behind the shop? Many nuts? No, too huge as nuts! Tourists' bags? No, too high to hang on. What's that?
They are BATs!! ʚ(ˆ◡ˆ)ɞ
But, bats~(*o*)~ ? Yes, bats or another name, "flying foxes."
Bats hanging on trees always give me this image. Shhhh... once, I made this illustration for a picture book... ʚ(ˆ◡ˆ)ɞ
(*NOTE: It's a stuffed toy, not a puppy in the story.)
Bats are stars for tourists. Even though Sydney siders are not happy, becuase they enjoy farmers' fruits and do dropping, but being protected by law. Mmmm....from bats' point of view, we, humans are invadors. Hopefully, we can find a compromised ground to live together peacefully. Lastly, the notice from a friend, sketch club member.Melting Pot of Love-Charity Group Exhibition for Japanese Earthquake victims Created By: Nao Hirata.
Opening Night : Thursday April 21st (6-8pm) Exhibition Dates: Thursday, April 21 at 6:00pm - May 3 at 3:00pm Location: Gaffa Gallery, 281 Clarence St, Sydney 2000

Well, the Sydney Sketch Club makes me very busy and productive. Brillinat. How many sketches do I make per week?? My updating date is Monday, but in fact, I need upload work more. Otherwise, sketches will be piled up!

Anyway, I hope one day, I will enjoy sketching with You, my blog friends all over the world ʚ(ˆ◡ˆ)ɞ.
Have a wonderful week and happy painting!!


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42 comments:

  1. Albert GallegoApril 6, 2011 at 7:39 PM

    I sincerely admire, Sadami, your ability for making such quick an wonderful (and sometimes funny) sketches. I love listening jazz in open air but, as far as bats are concerned, fortunately they are not frequent here, at least I've never seen any. Cheers.

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  2. Juan CarlosApril 6, 2011 at 7:48 PM

    Me encanta tu estilo Sadami, estupendos los músicos de Jazz. Un saludo.

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  3. nouvelles couleurs - vienna atelierApril 6, 2011 at 8:02 PM

    wow, your watercolours are great!

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  4. SadamiApril 6, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    Dear Albert,
    Thank U & I love your sense of humour! Next time, come and join this event. Listening to jazz and sketching together. Yey!
    Cheers, Sadami

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  5. SadamiApril 6, 2011 at 8:29 PM

    Dear Juan,
    I love your style for architecture. Noble and sensitive. Very happy to know you enjoyed my work.
    Cheers, Sadami

    Estimado Juan,
    Me encanta tu estilo para la arquitectura. Noble y sensible. Muy feliz de saber que haya disfrutado de mi trabajo.
    Saludos, Sadami

    >>>Juan said...
    Sadami I love your style, great jazz musicians. A greeting.

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  6. SadamiApril 6, 2011 at 8:33 PM

    Dear Laura,
    Thank you! Yes, this is my cheerful autumnʚ(ˆ◡ˆ)ɞ!
    Cheers, Sadami

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  7. Carol BlackburnApril 6, 2011 at 9:37 PM

    Mornin' Sadami, I need to put a radio or CD player in my studio and try painting to my favorite music. Who know what might happen? Your post is wonderful. Love your commentaries and painting. I do hope you have a beautiful day.

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  8. RH CarpenterApril 6, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    These are fantastic! And I, as a tourist in Australia many years ago, loved the fruit bats - or flying foxes as I think they were called. Your work just keeps getting better and better and better - and how is that possible?

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  9. SadamiApril 6, 2011 at 10:11 PM

    Dear Carol
    Thank you for encouragement! We had a patchy rainy day, but after work I swam 1.5km at a beach work in the evening. You, too, enjoy painting and life!
    Cheers, Sadami

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  10. SadamiApril 6, 2011 at 10:24 PM

    Dear Rhonda,
    Oh, yes, "Flying fox," even though thier noses are much lower than foxes. Bats are pretty biiig.
    Hey, you're good at flattering?! I just keep sketching like above, which moves me forward.

    As for me, "Just do it" works rather than looking up books or theories. Deed/brush strokes teach me.

    Check my new year post and resolutions.
    "how to handle a background and do not lose livliness like quickies", "landscape" & "cartoons" are always in my mind and I feel I'm making them all happen.
    Let us move forward together.
    Cheers, Sadami

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  11. Linda RothApril 6, 2011 at 11:16 PM

    Wonderful sense of humor Sadami. Love the bats on the clothes line.

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  12. SadamiApril 6, 2011 at 11:27 PM

    Dear Linda,
    Thank U so much! Yes, me, too, love that work:). Hehehe!!
    Cheers, Sadami

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  13. Juan ValdiviaApril 7, 2011 at 1:24 AM

    Asomarse a tu blog siempre es un gusto, Sadami. Tu excelente dibujo y la frescura de tus aguadas nunca defraudan

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  14. SadamiApril 7, 2011 at 1:57 AM

    Dear Juan,
    Thank you! Your work,too, never disappoints viewers and so lovely. I admire your architecture and landspaces. Keep up!!
    Best wishes, Sadami

    Estimado Juan,
    ¡Gracias! Su trabajo, también, los espectadores nunca decepciona y tan hermosa. Admiro su arquitectura y landspaces. Manténgase al día!
    Mis mejores deseos, Sadami

    >>>Juan said...
    Peek at your blog is always a pleasure, Sadami. Your excellent drawing and freshness of your watery never disappoint

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  15. JudyApril 7, 2011 at 3:45 AM

    Great! I can hear the music!
    Love the bats on the clothesline! :-)
    Your sketches always make me smile!

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  16. JaneApril 7, 2011 at 5:16 AM

    You are really having fun in the Botanical garden! Great sketching, ...but the bats...I can understand Sydney siders! And i who thought I was having a problem with pigeons....:-))

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  17. SadamiApril 7, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    Dear Judy,
    Thank U! Very happy to know you enjoyed the bats on the line. Hehehehe! A world needs laughter.
    Cheers, Sadami

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  18. SadamiApril 7, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    Dear Jane,
    Exactly! We have the same issue caused by pigeons. So, "Don't feed birds," notice in parks.
    Cheers, Sadami

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  19. Celeste BerginApril 7, 2011 at 1:07 PM

    very very charming! I love the orangey colored house. I also love the stuffed animal in the clothes line--you are so clever

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  20. SadamiApril 7, 2011 at 1:34 PM

    Hi, Celeste,
    Thank you! The Centre looks charming and me, too, like it.
    I really enjoyed the illustration work.
    Cheers, Sadami

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  21. UnknownApril 7, 2011 at 11:14 PM

    Sadami-さん
    Beautiful and very inspirational pieces. I must draw more! Thanks for sharing you beautiful pieces and I am glad you are having fun with the sketch group.
    Evelyn

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  22. SadamiApril 8, 2011 at 12:38 AM

    Hi, Evelyn!
    Thank U!! Group activities are fun. Enjoy your trip!
    Cheers, Sadami

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  23. PatApril 8, 2011 at 2:54 AM

    Fabulous sketches, Sadami!
    The jazz players look so good - and I love the bats too!
    Hanging in a tree is fine, not flying round my head ;)

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  24. wrenApril 8, 2011 at 4:26 AM

    Lovely to see you painting musicians. There is something very natural about on art being inspired by another. I can almost hear the music when I look at your paintings.

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  25. oliviaApril 8, 2011 at 5:54 AM

    Pouêt, pouêt, pouêt, tut,tut,tut: music is in your sketches !! Let's sing together Sadami ! Bises.

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  26. F.M.MarrouchApril 8, 2011 at 6:37 AM

    Hola Sadami, otros magníficos bocetos, los músicos son perfectos, pero a esta altura ya no me sorprende lo bien que te salen, en cambio sí me quedé gratamente impresionado por tu dibujo del "palm grove Center" me gusta mucho y además es muy curioso lo que cuentas de los murciélagos, parecen enormes, saludos.

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  27. AnonymousApril 8, 2011 at 6:56 AM

    Dear Sadami,

    Such cheerful, bright paintings to look at for it's a cloudy, cold April so far outside my window.

    I love looking at the brushwork details in your pictures and especially like the splatters (correct term?) and splashes you add to enliven the subject. Everything so light and subtle.

    Yours,

    Nanina

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  28. SadamiApril 8, 2011 at 9:59 AM

    Dear Wren,
    Thank you very much. Very happy to know you could hear music!!
    Cheers, Sadami

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  29. SadamiApril 8, 2011 at 10:01 AM

    Dear Pat,
    I love your kind encoruagement full of humour. Well, when you come to Sydney, have a look of fruit bats. Indeed, they have quite pretty faces:). No joke.
    Cheers, Sadami

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  30. SadamiApril 8, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    Hi, Olivia!
    Yes, let's sing and dance together~~!! That's life!
    Bises&smile, Sadami

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  31. SadamiApril 8, 2011 at 10:08 AM

    Dear Francis,
    Thank you for encouragements. Come & have a look of fruits bats. They are huge. At least, they are as big as cats or puppies. In Australia, you come across very different, huge animals & plants.
    Cheers, Sadami

    Estimado Francisco,
    Gracias por estímulos. Venga y eche un vistazo de los murciélagos frutos. Son enormes. Por lo menos, son tan grandes como gatos o perros. En Australia, se encuentra muy diferentes, los animales grandes y plantas.
    Saludos, Sadami

    >>>>Francis said...
    Hello Sadami, other great sketches, the musicians are right, but at this point and I'm not surprised how well you go, however if I was impressed by your drawing of "palm grove Center" I love and is very curious what accounts bats seem huge, greetings.

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  32. SadamiApril 8, 2011 at 10:14 AM

    Dear Nanina,
    Thank U! I do not know terms. I just wanted to add my images of music on the players. Playing with brush strokes is fun and very exciting, even though very risky at the same time. But without making messes, I will not learn. I just liten to my heart and just do it.
    Cheers, Sadami

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  33. MontseApril 8, 2011 at 9:06 PM

    Maravilloso visitarte, ya que nos muestras todos tus dibujos y vivencias. Un saludo Sadami.

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  34. SadamiApril 8, 2011 at 11:33 PM

    Dear Montse,
    Thank you for encouragement!! Yes, let us have fun together.
    Kind regards, Sadami

    Querida Montse,
    Gracias por su aliento! Sí, vamos a divertirnos juntos.
    Un cordial saludo, Sadami

    >>>Montse said...
    Wonderful to see you, as they show us all your pictures and experiences. Sadami greetings.

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  35. hmuxoApril 9, 2011 at 5:48 AM

    Sadami..your sketches are amazing! I especially love your jazz players..perfectly painted.

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  36. SadamiApril 9, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    Dear Hilda,
    Thank you so much! Drawing at spot is my most strength. I'd like to explore my potential.
    Kind regards, Sadami

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  37. JANE MINTERApril 9, 2011 at 4:04 PM

    cool jazz players sadami ..love the sketch of the bike below ...have a good w-e

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  38. SadamiApril 9, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    Dear Jane,
    Thanks a lot! You, too, have a nice weekend!
    Cheers, Sadami

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  39. BrandNewStudioApril 30, 2011 at 1:30 AM

    WonderfulWork
    good creations:)

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  40. SadamiApril 30, 2011 at 1:55 AM

    Dear Skizo,
    Thanks so much! Your works, too, are wonderful!
    Cheers, Sadami

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  41. Hieronymus7ZMay 2, 2011 at 10:18 PM

    These are simply great :D

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  42. SadamiMay 2, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    Dear Alfred,
    Thanks a lot!!
    Your blog looks cooool!
    Cheers, Sadami

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