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 :)

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) 

a tiny-happy-moment-sketch a day

with this first month of the year 
come some new blogging ideas.

Two weeks ago, i was tempted to start with a new list (as i did on my first blog). 
but then i remembered that when i made the blog
i was stressed about keeping up with my time schedule (50 things! 150 days!), 
i remember that sticking to the list implied 
not having time for spontaneous things, 
and above all, while i tried to finish up the list, 
i never had enough time to put all this experiences and nice memories
into good images. 
because there were still 33 challenges to go.

SO i threw away the new 'bucket list idea' 
(even though i'm turning thirty this year. perfect timing for a bucket list… ?) 
because what i really want for myself this year
is to try and try and try and try picturing the things and images i have in my mind
and capture the atmosphere in a drawing
with my pencils, collages, painting and (who knows) sewing.  

thanks to flow magazine and the 365 grateful project
i knew what i want to do this year:

make a sketch a dayabout a tiny happy moment of that day.

So here i go.

Postcard for the holy days

Yesterday, i finally completed a postcard for the upcoming holidays / winter days / christmas days.
it took me a while, i'm surprised by my own patience to draw again and again and again the same mittens. This is the result..

I doubted a while about the size, i think it actually was perfect size 120x120 (square)... But it's much more expensive for mail (you need special envelopes), so i kept the regular postcard-format. 
Do you think it's good to take this into account? 

The cards are in print now
(and for those interested, available from saturday!)

the fishing family / voor janne

last weekend, my boyfriend went fishing with his family (an old tradition)
in a super nice environment.
it feels like you're in the wild nature (although it's not far from a city),
there's a lake with a little house (size of a summerhouse, but fully and cosy equipped)

The house (property of his sisters boyfriend) is now for sale.. 
although i've been there only twice,
i think i will miss it. it has a special atmosphere, and an 'instant holiday calming effect'

i took some deep 'pure air sniffs' and
used my new pencils (they're great!!).

i didn't work on this sketches on my computer, so there's not much contrast. 
but in this way, the colors stay more like they are in my sketchbook. 
i don't like it when the scan changes the 'atmosphere' of my sketch...
(maybe you know some tips/tricks for this?)

(janne: ik hou de originele schets bij voor je!)