Acrylic and collage on paper

Acrylic on paper

Ink and acrylic on paper

I like to play around with the same idea: different colors, textures, medium…

Every time I draw or paint (or use another technique), I always wonder: what if I had done it with another hue, or on a different canvas, or with another texture?

I think this is one of the reasons why computers seemed so attractive to me 15 years ago; getting so many different results with one drawing. I know that screen printing, lithography, etc. allows you to do that, but not quite as fast as a computer.

I experimented a lot on the computer over the years, to the point where I forgot that I could use brushes, pencils, scissors, etc.

It all changed a couple of years ago when a friend who also wanted to go back to the pencil and paper suggested that we do a thematic drawing each week. We would send our result by email every Sunday night (can’t get rid of the computer!). We did so for about six months. It was really hard at first, the muscles and head had forgotten how it works, but it grew fun and I started to look forward to this afternoon I spent drawing.

Unfortunately, this good habit did not last and we went back to our virtual worlds… Until eight months ago. I’m working hard to keep on using those brushes!

The three ladies above were made under the thematic Love and for the first time in many years, they were all made by hand!