Fall is falling

"Under the branches of the brown tree

she sat to sing a melody.

She sang goodbye to trees and friends

for her stay on earth was almost gone.

She shall return when summer's gone.."

I was missing so much illustrating a quick thing, inspired by the mood of the day. And I feel I haven't paye d enough attention to this fall, no matter how much I've loved it. I feel I need to stop and sit under a tree and just watch time go by, smell the fall that's almost gone, and think of all the little things that can happen in a simple moment.

Hope you are enjoying fall, and though there are still many days to come (when it's still fall) I felt I needed to draw this.

Golden Autumn

Hideaway,

well they'll seat us in the sun

By the way

Know you've always been the one.

You'll ask your reasons why

what once was yours is mine

My baby's gone.

Ride away,
Gonna take me from my man

By the way

No they'll never understand

We'll have a bit of fun 

Watching everyone pass us by.

You'll ask your reasons why

what once was yours is mine

My baby's gone.

Hideaway - Karen O and the Kids

I just love Hideaway, and I don't really know why (maybe for line two) I always think of sunset when I listen to it. So I finally did a drawing that could really go with this song, if only in my mind. 

I feel as if, when you put both things together there's an ancient magic floating in the air, among the leaves that slowly fall to the ground.

It's been a week in which I've seen golden leaves fall as if it was snow every single day. And it was too beautiful. I simply couldn't stop looking. Sometimes, while walking, I stopped under the trees just to capture the moment in my mind. I hope that, as years go by, I'll always remember it.

This is sort of a different thing (not at all, but I tried my best). I had to make an illustration for a school project. So we had to choose one illustrator that we liked and try to reproduce its style. And that's what I did (well, tried).

Among all the amazing people around here and there (now or in the past) I chose Chuck Groenink because I've adored his style for so long and had in mind to try and make something like that, so when I had to do it for school I almost immediately knew who I would choose.

Actually, over the week I went through so many illustrators I love, and the doubt about which one to choose increased each day, so I ended choosing my first thought.

I worked hard on this, trying to reproduce the gouache he uses and things, but it's not that easy, I swear. Anyway, and though it was really tiring, I can say I've learned a lot going through this, and I had lots of fun. I know that this does not really look like one of his paintings, but I love how it turned out to be anyway. I think you can guess I love sunset lightning, especially when it's autumn and it makes it look as if everything was golden..

Here I leave you the complete piece I had to do, I made it as if it was part of a calendar:

an autumn tree

"He used to spend all day closed in a room, but when it was the right time, he would go out and sit under the tree. Close his eyes and feel the cold air while the autumn leaves were falling. That day there was a soft scent in the air, a scent that made him hope maybe that day, for the first time, things would turn alright. Things would be better"

Hi, I know I haven't post much lately, but I promise this will change. I've been pretty busy and wasted my free time in other projects that still are on the make. But today I needed to draw something, something autumnal, and needed it to be something really simple, I don't know why, but I was not satisfied until this one was done (even though I've done/started 2 different drawings which are pretty much an autumn thing, and that I actually really like so far).

So keeping things simple and hoping for autumn colours to change leaves here. I want cold. It's still so hot... I wish, I wish this changes one day soon.

Stay calm...

Summer's End

I drawed something for Judith Viorst's poem "Summer's End". Sorry it is an awful photo. (Maybe I'll scan it someday)

I just wanted to try an illustrate a text this way. I was really inspired by Pauline Bayne's work (not only the amazing drawings, but when she used to illustrate cooking books or things like that) so I did this trying to reproduce the last Summer flowers, and the sunflowers are dying (some of them).

I've never really felt completely sad for summer ending, 'cause you know, then comes autumn, and as you might have guessed already, I love autumn. But it is always sad to leave things behind and also, being helpless at keeping the things you love with you. 

You give the best of you, you have the best intentions, but that's still not enough.

Anyway, good end of summer and start of autumn! Here rain has arrived, and with her, a little bit of cool air. I hope finally we'll have some autumn weather!

Hiding Under The Golden Leaves

My yard is full of leaves today

Brown and yellow and gold

I think I'll rake them in a pile

Higher than my head

Then I'll pretend it is my bed

I'll jump in very quick

And pile their leaves up over me

For covers soft and thick

I'll just lie there so nice and warm

And look up in the sky

And watch more leaves float down for me

To rake up by and by.

By Marian Kennedy

Sometimes I feel like this, just running away from the world and hiding somewhere in the forest, waiting for some magic to happen and take you far away.

Somewhere there is this place where autumn leaves cover the earth and the sky, and as sun is setting down you can see them glimmering as if they were made of gold.

Been listening to Jens Lekman all the time, I think it has took part in the way it has turned out to be.

Autumn Sketches

I've been on a kick for autumn recently, and when I googled "Maple Tree" today, I couldn't help but start drawing trees and leaves and autumn stuff with autumn colours and things. And I ended it all drawing this cute girl down here (who I'm certainly sure is enjoying the very first days of autumn! haha)

This is a close up of the girl..

And the lyrics you see there written are for the Jens Lekman's song "Maple Leaves", pretty obvious I guess but I just love it, and everything seems so autumn and I can't wait for leaves to change colour and start falling and for the air to bring those soft senses of wet earth, cold and wood fire.

But also, as I live in Girona, we're having the city's celebration aka "Fires" (I don't really know how to translate that) so there are gonna be lots of millions of good smells in the air: the once I said before plus the smell of roasted chestnuts, sweet potatos, candied almods.. (and I mean it like that 'cause you can find small stalls all over the city center which sell such things).

I just love it, and I love autumn.



(this is smth I did to get a break of smth bigger I'm working on)

Beneath The Cover Of Autumn Skies

"Sometimes I feel like only a cold still life that fell down here to lay beside you"

I started drawing this yesterday as I remembered something I read (*) and it suddently got stucked in my head. I had had the idea before, but I could not think of a way it could become true as a drawing, so I left it behind, but then yesterday it came back to me as something knew, so I started this, and I've just ended it today.

I love the autumn colours, its smell, the cool weather, etc. There are so many good, good things in autumn. I love to go walking everywhere  and just get lost in its senses.

So as I said, some days ago I read something wonderful about listening to an album that suited perfectly the autumn waether and inmediately the image came to my mind. Those first days of autumn when the leaves are in a great palette of red/yellow/brown colours and they fall from the trees, and you can lay in the grass, which is of a deep green colour, and look at a blue or grey sky while you see the leaves falling down helped by a breeze of cold wind that blows through the trees.

I say a word in hopes that it will multiply
to form a sentence that stirs the thoughts inside your mind
You look at me but I'm looking back at you
with both my eyes closed in hopes that it will make you cry

When your words fall down

I drop to my knees with my head in my hands

When my words fall down

It's hard for me to hold my ground

When Words Fall - House of Wires 

In a few days it's gonna be officialy autumn..

(*) #2 House of Wires - You Are Obsolete (Mild Slopes)