44 - Happy Days with Alison Allum AKA Alison Heart

44 - Happy Days with Alison Allum AKA Alison Heart

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It was a great holiday, spent with lovely Ali. We've been friends with for almost 30 years now, and we often holiday together.

At the airport this morning, we flipped through Ali's lively sketchbook. The pics all have a pink tinge, because we were sitting under a red awning.

Sketches © Alison Heart 2025

At the apartment, Ali painted on some objects, recycling them into art.

When Alison started sketching on her A3 sized sketchbook at the Vieux Port, a boy (I'm guessing about 8 years old) jumped in, grabbed her pens and started drawing on the same page. He was at the square, begging with an older boy, maybe his brother. He was so excited and thrilled to colour and draw. Alison encouraged him. The older kid was a bit uneasy at first and then he suddenly joined in and drew this. We were puzzled and  couldn't figure out who it depicted. Any ideas?

 

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