A little oasis of colour and calm in Melbourne

Posted by Guy Downes on September 16, 2010 under Illustration | Be the First to Comment

 I’ve just come back from a great two days graphic recording at a strategy and planning event in Melbourne. While heading back to the airport, I stopped for about 20 minutes and drew this over a quick coffee.

The view from the cafe was a great one: the tables and chairs of the cafe in the foreground leading the eye down to a beautiful old-fashioned flower stall and letterbox. Behind this little oasis of colour and calm was the ’hustle and bustle’ of Melbourne: trams rattling and screeching, people walking with purpose in their stride and traffic nosing its way through the city. Melbourne is a great place (and one that reminds me very much of being in Amsterdam – trams, great cafe society, art, architecture, fashion and good food). I look forward to my next visit and opportunity to throw open my sketch pad.