moving again!

this year, we’ll have our home in a suitcase, travelling trough Norway.
a new adventure, new drawings,
so i felt that the time was right for a new home for my blog, too.
from now on, you can follow me on sarahpoesen.be
come along!

Moving!

it's time for a change!

i moved my blog,
you can find me now on poespapier.wordpress.com.

Favorite place to rest

Greenhouse / Drivhus

a new norsk word.

I really love glasshouses. Wouldn't it be nice to live in one? 

When travelling in Sweden, we saw a lot of glasshouses in gardens, 
used for growing vegetables/fruits as well as for reading or working (with chairs, books,…). I definitely want one like these, one day.

Norsk

These last months, we're thinking and fantasizing 
about a big adventure we will start next year. 
There are no concrete ideas yet, but the plan includes: 
Norway and living a year abroad. Hurray! And to be continued...  

Just so you know, from now on, there will be some pieces of norwegian language practicing in my drawings.. :)
(this one is an easy start. but as i like spending time in coffee houses, it is an important one)

Festival trails

I made kind of a trail for a festival for modern dance and movement we organized at work, it took place at the beach and in nature. (we have some beautiful photographs taken)
because the brochure wasn't that catchy, i tried to explain each show in one drawing.
ready for some travel guide now, i think :)

lisa !

i became an aunt this weekend!
Lisa is already the coolest baby in the world. and a little doll.
here is the birth announcement i designed:

finishing touches

after the live illustration adventure (see last post) i ended up with a lot of drawings,
but wasn't satisfied with most of them.
last week, i did some finishing touches and some turned out really fine.
they are still quick sketches (i made them in a few minutes), but in some of the drawings they don't need more lines.

the theme of the show was books, so i made each drawing about a specific book.
i drew two days in a row, that's why there are sometimes two similar sketches.

live

silence on the blog, but not in my sketchbook. 

the last few weeks / month, i used almost every free moment to sketch.

i was asked to make some live illustrations on a annual show of a dancing school,

and i tried to prepare well. 

so, last weekend was the big weekend. and it was such a good weekend.

i took some pictures of my working table :

(i was sitting on the side of the scene - in de coulissen - with a camera above my table,

which projected the drawing & my hands on the big screen for the audience and on a little screen in front of me. all very professional.)

from my corner, i could see the performances and prepare myself for the next drawing (in the dark).

Glimpse of the audience...

it was so nice to draw in a different way (quite fast, and with 150 people looking at it while you draw it), a good practice in thinking sharp and drawing something interesting in a few

lines.

and it was great to participate in the show, thanks for the opportunity oiterpe!

the (too) many compliments made me grow a little.

next: finishing the drawings! and organize all this sketches…

 

big thirty party

This weekend, my boyfriend celebrated his big birthday in style. 
with a great party and a lot of family and friends. 

i made this invitation...

… became very fond of drawing a kind of 'party animal'…

… so i drew one on the portal of the (party) barn, to indicate where the party was.

i like making this big drawings! 

(especially of one of the subjects i'm fond of - and used - to draw) 

What i'm doing lately..

i'm working on some illustrations for Oiterpe (a dance and gymnastics club/school). 
in a few weeks, i'll be doing some live illustrations during their annual dance show.
i'm excited about the 'live'-aspect. 
they have some requests, so i'm forced to draw draw draw (which isn't bad).
15 illustrations, a poster, a bookmark and some postcards. 
maybe a reason why it's silent on the blogside :).

I finished the poster, working on the other stuff.

Friends

drinks with friends, catching up. my saturday happy moment (#33)

Glowing in the dark

on friday, i was a guest on Lisa Tahon's tank series.The concept: a young artist gets 'carte blanche' in an art center, and invites his/her friends for a night full of creativity: expositions, theatre, dance,...

i was flattered that Lisa asked me to illustrate, but struggled with the drawings (what to draw when you don't have a clue). we talked about illustrations in the dark (and lightened by blacklights), which seemed like a cool idea. So i tried, and after two drawing days i was satisfied. 
the picture-taking was difficult (because of the blacklights), so here's just a glimp.
a lot lot lot of legs, one giant leg and some animals with human bodies (seem to never get enough of this).

my first experience in non-applied-illustrations in public. i liked it, but still need a lot of sketch practice..

shy Ms. fox

happy weekends

#32

Pilates

last thursday, i discovered pilates.

after a busy working day, it was nice to lay down on a mat and focus on muscles (that i didn't meet before).

although i didn't get all the exercises, it was relaxing. and i felt healthy.

after a second lesson this week, i'm convinced.

i draw a quick one, 

about 'letting my body sink into the mat' (it really was an instruction).
(happy moment #31)

Black ink

last week in drawing class, i enjoyed working with just chinese black ink.
focusing on shades and composition. 
i like the feeling that after a while, you're seeing the things in a different perspective.

#30

Human animals

while designing a poster, 
i have so much fun making collages of human animals.

Pancakes

drawing 29 - no explanation needed

happy walking family

I have some catch up to do - this week i didn't manage to post my sketches on the blog.
But i'm still on my way to 365 sketches of tiny happy moments. 

#28: on a relaxing and so nice weekend with my family, we went for a walk along the sea (canal) side. there was so much wind blowing, we had fun finding ways to walk faster against the wind.