Sunday, August 7, 2011

Extarvagant people at the Gay Naked Butt Parade in Amsterdam

People sketchin at the saturday Noordermarkt market

Amsterdam,

Some people I saw at the saturday Noordermarkt market trying to escape the gay main event of the week, the Naked Butt Parade, 60 boats full with extravagantly dressed gay people 

Gigeau De Paris

                                              Amsterdam,

Gigeau is an elderly, battered looking gay man who told he came to Amsterdam for the Gay Parade which is taking place this week here in my beloved Mokum, as it does every august, with the canal parade as the absolute highlight, drawing tourists - gay as well as straight people  - from all over...

Though Gigeau was in a hurry, not lining up in that endless long queue of Anne Frank House devotees, just passing by on his way to the Prinsengracht to obtain a good viewing spot, still willing to give me ten minutes of his Gay existence for this sketch, drawn to my little one-man street business by the sight of my funny handmade Mandala games...

Thanks for your time, Gigeau and hope you liked the Naked Butt Parade....sorry little joke from my side...

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Houses on Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, part two

Houses on Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, part one

Thijs from Rotterdam.

                                                  Amsterdam,

Somewhere in between the showers of shitty rain that pestered the Amsterdam centre today, I managed to sell some of my funny little handmade Mandala games...

One of them to Thijs from Rotterdam who bought one for his Argentinian ladyfriend who beamed huge Sonrisas at me while watching form their place in the daily line of tourists outside the Anne Frank House, how I made this quick sketch of her Dutch boyfriend...

Monday, August 1, 2011

The Begijnensteeg in Amsterdam

This is one of my favourite alleys in Amsterdam centre.

Seen from the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, just around the corner from the Amsterdam Historisch Museum