NEW YEAR!

Hello 2018!

THE RASPBERRY HIDEOUT

An illustration I made during the Childhoodweek challenge organized by Beatrice Blue on Instagram, for the theme "hideout". The raspberry bushes in my grandparents' garden were my favorite place to hide to enjoy a good snack :)

SUMMERY ILLUSTRATIONS

Back to share this exciting project with you, guys. My first Norwegian commission since I moved here!

Some time ago, I was commissionned some illustrations for a Norwegian summer music festival, called Stavern Live. They wanted something happy and colourful, with elements that represent the location where the concerts take place. The location, Fredriksvern Verft, used to be a shipyard, and it holds some nice monuments that I was asked to draw. I had to go there to take some reference pictures and this is a place I definitely recommend to visit, if you plan to discover the region of Vestfold in Norway! 

The naval base

The Citadellet fortress

Minnehallen's memorial

POTTER WEEK PROMPT ILLUSTRATIONS

Back from the holidays with a new article! I've been pretty busy during the summer with an event that occurred on Instagram, and I wanted to share this here!

During July, the talented illustrator Taryn Knight decided to post an illustration every day on the Harry Potter theme, during one week. As a challenge, she set a list of 8 things from the Potter world and posted it on Instagram, offering to other people to join it.

Of course, I was in! So here is the list and my illustrations for the challenge.

1. No Post on Sunday  /  2. Expecto Patronum  /  3. Ickle Firsties  /  4. Animagus  /  5. House Pride  /             6. Perfect Pair  /  7. Favorite Character  /  8. Happee Birthdae.

























I really enjoyed taking part in this, and it was fun to see what everyone else drew for each day.
I will definitely participate to more drawing events!

The Inktober challenge is coming soon, and I'm thinking about doing this too... :)

If you are interested in seeing what all the other participants did, you can search on Instagram with #potterweekprompts. So many nice stuff there!

A TASTE FOR PURPLE

I'm back with a new drawing from my moleskine sketchbook! It seems like I am still in the mood for drawing kids in magical worlds! I used pretty much all the colors I had with me in my little polychromos box for the previous drawings, and I wanted something new for this "genie" lady.

I thought purple would be great for it, but I only had a magenta pencil... kind of frustrating.
So I got myself a bunch of purple shades at the art supply shop, and here is the result!





Here are all the newcomers to my polychromos collection:

THE SNAIL PRINCESS

It's been raining for days here in Paris. And it doesn't seem to stop...
Seeing all this rain made me think it must be a great time for snails, and also the perfect time to draw them!

ABOUT A FOREST AND A CAVE

Some other drawings I made this week, scanned from my sketchbook.

I am very happy with these two. I wanted to use my sketchbook to train a bit, and draw kids characters.

I tried to imagine the worlds kids create in their mind when they play, and the imaginary characters they like to embody.

I really want to draw more of these little sceneries. I also found myself a passion for the Polychromos colour pencils. I must use them more often...!

BACK TO MY SKETCHBOOK

I never managed to fill out an entire sketchbook. I always start one, draw on a few pages, then start another one etc...

Whenever I feel like I failed a drawing in my sketchbook, I  rip out the page, because it feels like the whole sketchbook is ruined. But, I realized with time that this is not productive at all and that I never get to finish a sketchbook because of it.

So, I got myself a Moleskine some time ago, and decided to not think too much, and use it whenever I feel like doodling.

A PERFUME COLLECTION (PART 3)

This is the last piece of my perfume collection. Finally achieved it!

This time, it's the perfume Dior "J'adore". I was inspired by the art of Gustav Klimt when I drew this piece.

SWANN

I wanted to post this portrait sooner, but didn't find the time until this weekend!

So, meet Swann, my friend. 

She asked me one day if I could make her portrait, so I came up with this illustration of her. 

Swann has a blog where she expresses her passion for clothes and photography. Her style is really original and colorful, and she's always doing amazing hairstyles. Therefore, it was really fun and inspiring to make her portrait.

She uses it for her blog, which can be seen here: http://swannandtheberries.blogspot.fr/

A PERFUME COLLECTION (PART 2)

I finished the second piece of my perfume collection series! Once again, it's a very iconic perfume I chose to illustrate. Chanel N°5 is a classic. I really like the elegance of this simple squared paper label on the glass. The perfume was created in the 1920's, but its design and fragrance are still very modern.

Coco Chanel was mastering the art of elegance, so I tried to express that in this illustration.

A PERFUME COLLECTION

I always liked to study perfume bottle designs. And I think it is interesting to imagine the whole world of fantasy told in a perfume. I started to draw a personal series of iconic perfumes and the first perfume I wanted to illustrate was Shalimar by Guerlain.

Shalimar is inspired by the Indian gardens and was created in tribute to a young Indian princess, so I imagined her resting among her garden's flowers...