Samouraïs II - Dr Sketchy

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And here is the other half !
It was a really great evening, with stunning models and costumes, as usual. Thank you Dr Sketchy :)

Samouraïs I - Dr Sketchy

 

    First sketches from the great "Before" evening at Musée du Quai Branly last week, for the new exhibition "Samourai, Armor of the warrior" (until 29th January 2012). I will post the other drawings tomorrow.

Flying Around - IF

Best dreams ever, when I can fly.
For Illustration Friday: Round

Brainstorming

    I have not been very productive lately, it all remains stuck in my head. One possible explanation may be self-criticism (you know, when you look at your blog and think "well, this is all rubbish...  - Vanity indeed !") and also the fact that I do not devote enough time to really work on ambitious projects. It is a shame, for I do not lack ideas.

    Perhaps I should just repeat this little exercise, excellent for whoever is stuck. Just make random shapes of different colors, let it dry, then get a pen and draw over those. It is a creative, liberating, inspiring and surprising process. Yeah, all this.

    Good day to you.

Vanity - IF

Sempé - Guest & Get Out !

 

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No real need for words with Sempé. 

If you are in Paris, visit the wonderful exhibition at the Hotel de Ville. It is free, you will probably have to wait for about one hour and a half at least, but you won't regret it.

More about the exhibition here.

From 21 October 2011 to 11 February 2012
Free exhibition at the Hôtel de Ville. Metro: Hôtel de Ville.
Daily except Sundays and public holidays, from 10am to 7pm
Last entrance at 6.30pm

A silent smile - IF

Back in Asia

    Here are two watercolors I did this summer, during my trip in China and Mongolia. I was very disappointed about the result back then, but they are still nice souvenirs. You can (hopefully) recognize the great wall, and the other one is a landscape with gers in the Arkhangaï district, Mongolia.

 

And also from Mongolia :

Stripes - IF

This is an old, quick and boring little watercolor I had in my drawer, but still, I like the figure, layers and gesture. The feeling of lightness.

Ok, if you really need to know the truth, this is almost all I had with stripes, and I know I won't have time to produce much more during the next days, so here it is !
I swear I will start working again soon. Harder, better, longer.
Let me just finish that awesome book I started yesterday first.

Get out ! - Henri Edmond Cross and Neo-Impressionism

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   I recently discovered the Marmottan Monet museum in Paris, a great place for impressionists such as Berthe Morisot, Pissaro, Renoir, Sisley, and ... Monet. There is also an interesting collection of illuminations, but I don't know much aboute these.
   You have until Frebruary 2012 to admire the new exhibition : Henri Edmond Cross and Neo-impressionism, from Seurat to Matisse.

Mr Cross being a friend of Paul Signac, and given my new crush on neo-impressionism, I could barely wait for the exhibition to open.

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Learn more about the museum and the exhibition here.