AMT 2007 diary - Day 2

Hola Todos, 

slow day today with no touristy activities but rather usually, some bench time in Samuel´s small studio. Managed to paint a figure in 10 hours over four session spread over yesterday and today. Will post some pics as soon as I can retrieve them from my camera. As usual I had to wait for Samuel to knock off from his morning shift before making a visit to the Andrea Miniatures factory located along the outskirts of Madrid for an interview with Figures International Magazine. Weather was rather wet and when we arrived, we were immediately greeted by Julio Cabos, principal painter for Andrea Miniatures whose familiar works grace many of Andrea´s box art. We had lunch at a nearby restaurant which was quite nice. I enjoyed the grilled hake with mushrooms. After completing the interview and some shopping for some friends back home, we returned back to Samuel´s office where he has to continue with his work and I continued the final session of painting of the figure. We settled dinner at a nearby restaurant with some Ali-oli and a Four Seasons pizza before returning to the studio where Samuel had to continue painting the box art of the a new Alpine Miniatures release.

I on the other hand caught up with some email correspondence to my wife and some friends. We will go tomorrow to visit to a friend´s hobby shop and possibly to the art galleries with Rodrigo.

 Hasta Manana,

 Calvin