Ink, watercolour, acrylic and graphite on paper
It was getting a bit dark… I like when photos almost turn to abstracts.
Don’t you love these two? :-)
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Here is an animation of flying hearts made in 2004. The music is from Éric Satie (Gnossienne No.1).
Nicolas and I don’t really celebrate Valentine’s Day, but I feel it is a good moment to reflect on what makes us happy.
Here is a part of my list…
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*Family and friends*
*Snow, lots of it*
*Living here*
*These little creatures*
*Gardening*
*Drawing*
*Last but certainly not least: him…*
And cooking, eating, reading, swimming, listening to music… :-)
What makes you happy?
Ink and acrylic on paper
I walk a lot in the forest but apart for a few species, I can’t tell what kind of tree is in front of me. I really need to educate myself!
The forest through the eyes of Lisa Marie Hunter (via Art Hound).
Ink, gouache and acrylic on paper
During the winter, the little lake becomes an ice ring. :-)
I love this little bookmark (via À petit bruit).
Ink, watercolour, acrylic, pen and Japanese paper on paper
Two versions of her…
And some tree bark textures…
Ink, watercolour, acrylic on paper
I would like to see this exhibition in San Diego but I will stay here and snowshoe. :-)
Have a good weekend!
I still don’t know how to title this post.
I am not reinventing the wheel here but this is something I would like to do at the end of each month: make a visual list of things that caught my eye, made me smile or touched me. Like when your heart suddenly misses a beat. There is a perfect expression in French: coup de cœur, but I have yet not found an equivalent that sounds as evocative.
I love bears (I dedicated a whole post to them) so my heart stopped for a second when I saw this image from Nazarena Canvas on Flickr. The contrast between the detailed foreground and the pitch black background is beautiful. I love the little touches of colour, the pen strokes and the way the bear leans like a big, soft and clumsy thing.
This work from Zander Olsen is very ingenious… and very puzzling when you look at it quickly. Is it a photo? Is it a painting? The fabric that mimics the horizon line plays tricks on your mind.
I love ALL photos from the site Hungry Ghost Food, but this series features mushrooms!
This beautiful and enigmatic painting is from Carole Brémaud. This image and the next were found through the inspiring site the Jealous Curator.
Another confusing work (in a good way) by Paul Chiappe: this is not a photograph but a drawing. Apart from the amazing technique, there is strangeness and a slight feeling of discomfort. It might be the haziness added to the choice of the imagery but I have to look at it again and again, it is simply mesmerizing!
I spent the past few days in Montreal, working, catching up with friends and trying to reconnect with the city. It was also the opportunity to buy new drawing material: watercolour paper, gouache, markers and graphite crayons.
It soon will be the Festival Montréal en lumière. We like to attend the Nuit blanche, an all nighter full of free shows and exhibitions. The atmosphere is electric and there are so many happy people walking-dancing the streets of Montreal. I must admit I am always back home by two in the morning. Such a party animal!
Looking at their website, I learned that this Nuit blanche also takes place in Paris, Amiens, Kyoto, Liverpool, Skopje, Buenos Aires, etc.! Is there one in your city? If so, what does it look like?
