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…

 

blogging stress

i told myself 
i would only post finished illustrations or images on this blog, 
and only the nice ones.
the result is: almost two weeks of silence on the blog front.

it was a strange idea because actually, 
i don't make many finished 'clean' images. i just try, and a lot of times i'm fond of how it turns out (mostly not at all like it's supposed to be and with a lot of stains).
so that's what i will do here, 
i will try something, paint with clots, cut baldly (is it a correct word?) and draw and knit and 
do crochet (that's my new thing this week) 
and have fun doing all this, without paying too much attention to the outcome.
but i sometimes will be satisfied enough with the result to give it to a friend.

so that said,
here is the result of todays painting of bare legs.
note for myself, i should have done it on canvas (now it's on paper) - i should have used a clean eraser (the black dirt-marks are all around) and in the future, i should try it with oil paint. NEW THING on the list!