Yesterday was Drawing Day... and I really didn't have much time to do it, but in between shopping and other essentials I stopped in at the wonderful Moyo restaurant at Zoo Lake, a favourite R&R place for Johannesburgers, for coffee and some quick pencil drawing...
The restaurant owners promote and collect original contemporary African art, so around every corner are sculptures, mosaics, structures of wood, stone and metal...
funky fountains and sparkling mirrored angels in amongst the trees and foliage.
The restaurant owners promote and collect original contemporary African art, so around every corner are sculptures, mosaics, structures of wood, stone and metal...
funky fountains and sparkling mirrored angels in amongst the trees and foliage.
Chairs and lighting come
in weird and wonderful designs
The waitresses wear bright feathered headdresses, flamboyant earrings and traditional looking aprons...
and the coffee was good...
Glad I got out there and joined in!
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I hope you don't mind that I'm usually the first to leave a comment! I look forward to visiting Moyo's next time we're in Jo'burg. What an interesting place rendered well by your pencil! Excellent shapes and shading. Were you able to draw in peace, or did you attract attention?
oh, I'm so delighted that you check in first, second, whenever you do...
The top two drawings I found spots where nobody seemed to notice me - the others were from my table, where only my waiter took note - and changed from being somewhat miffed (that I just wanted a coffee) to very warm and interested - though I didn't have anything worthwhile to show him then - I finished shading later at home, which improved matters.
Oh WOW. It looks such a great place. I think you should send them your (copyrighted) drawings to look at as well.Next time.... that is where you bought my birthday bag, hey? Which I adore and is always coveted by trendy girls in shops (a change for me!!)We have two daughters home now hooray.XXX
Yes, that's where I got your mielie bag - should've taken you there for tea/lunch, man!
Love to Nell and Jo - how lovely to have them both back XX
Hi Cathy
What a surprise and absolute delightful!
My name is Dries form moyo (brand and marketing)
Your sketches are great.
When you at moyo Zoo Lake next, please ask for me and let’s have a coffee
great sketches.... looks like it would be a fun place to do that but a bit far for me ;^)
Hello Dries - well what a surprise to have a comment from Moyo itself!! How did you come across my blog?...anyone would think we'd organised this as a marketing exercise! I'll definitely say hi next time I'm over there - thanks :)
Hi Helen - yes, just a little far from midwest USA, but you never know where life might take you...!
Terrific sketches! They look like they could be ancient drawings found in the museum.
These drawings are fabulous! Such interesting use of positive and negative space, and the last one, with the red hat, is wonderful, charming and sensitively drawn!
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