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Cherchez l'erreur - Spot the difference
Un petit jeu amusant: voici deux photos sans aucun lien. La première est de moi, prise au printemps dernier dans le Devon; la seconde est par un des apparement plus grands photographes contemporains (ce qui me laisse quelque peu interrogative...). Je...
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Galerie en ligne - Online Gallery
Vous pouvez maintenant trouver des reproductions de certaines de mes productions (à acheter!) sur la galerie en ligne Saatchi soit en tapant www.saatchionline.com et en entrant mon nom dans la case "Search" en haut à droite de l'écran soit en copiant...
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Radis - Radishes
Etude comparative de radis (toute excuse est bonne!): techniques et rendus différents, ca se décline indéfiniment. *** Studies of radishes (any excuse!): various techniques and results, endless possibilities. ************************* 30 x 30 cm, acrylique...
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Illustration vs painting
While my brain is working out the next painting series (these things need to cook slowly!), I'm feeding my illustration portfolio! Wherever I go, I love looking at doors (and windows), especially in cities like Paris and London where some doors can be...
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Jamais trop tôt - Never too early!
Et oui... C'est bientot la Saint Valentin! Voici donc un premier tableau, parfait pour déclarer votre flamme! Celui-ci est à l'acrylique sur papier, 50x50 cm. ********************* Get ready for Valentine's Day, give your Valentine a Hear! This is my...
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Get your Vitamins!
Here is a sum-up of my latest Fruits and Vegs illustrations. *********************************** Watercolours on various papers: white 220 gsm, 18th century manuscript paper, 1960's typewritten paper, newspaper... All offer different qualities and effects;...
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Westminster Arts Exhibition
Mes 3 monotypes ont été selectionnés pour la Westminster Arts Exhibition 2011; appel aux Londonniens: venez nombreux! Tous les détails ci-dessous. ********************************** My 3 monotypes have been selected for the Westminster Arts Exhibition...
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Jour de marché - Market Day
Quelques illustrations pour un projet en cours... premier jet! Encre et aquarelle, c'est ce qu'il y a de plus satisfaisant pour ces illustrations rapides! *** A few illustrations taken from a new project. First shots here! Ink and watercolour are as always...
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I love my job...
How much better than this can it get: being commissioned illustrations of chocolates to sell at a chocolatier's, all chocolates provided - for FREE...! Well, on the other hand, I suppose one can only capture the essence of the "models" after having truly...
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Lumière d'hiver - Winter light
Trop occupée pour peindre en ce moment (guettez mon nouveau site très prochainement!), mais voici quelques photos pour nous rappeler que l'hiver crée aussi de belles atmosphères pour peu qu'on regarde bien! *** Too busy to paint these days (watch out...
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Weekly Painting - 3
I'm back with last week's impulsive painting. Reminder of the instructions: I drop everything I'm working on, take a 20x20cm canvas and acrylics, and let my intuition do the job for me. No particular expectation, topic, just using images stored in my...
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Ouch...
My oldest daughter has grown almost as tall as me, the gorgeous young man at the coffee house calls me "Ma'am", and I now tick the next age box in the questionnaires... But nothing like being told during a routine eye test that I now need glasses to work...
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Friday's Daily Sketch
Yesterday's theme: spoons! I sat at my worktable, staring at my spoons and thinking "what the hell was I thinking when I picked the theme?!" And that's the whole point of these daily challenges: to STOP thinking! Just forget what's in front of you, take...
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Victoria Sponge Cake
I take my work very seriously. Here is an illustrated recipe of a Strawberry and Buttercream Victoria Sponge Cake, fully tried and tasted, and approved by a full birthday party! Easy to make, light and fluffy to eat... No excuse not to give it a go! Print...
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The Holiday Challenge
This summer, I had very little time to paint. Sometime, the difficulty - especially on holiday - is the lack of motivation. Setting oneself a goal to make a daily painting can become a chore if one is lacking time or inspiration. In my case this year,...
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Daily Sketch - 19.9.2012
What was supposed to be a quick daily warm-up exercise is turning into a challenge to myself to find an interesting topic everyday... Exit apples, carrots and other simple-shaped common objets, yesterday's topic was: VINTAGE TEACUPS! They are so cute...
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Weekly Painting - 4
I know, I know! I have missed a week! (shame on me, I had promised I would make it an absolute priority, and a few Easter chocolates later I am failing...). **************** So this Friday, despite being burried under a pile of urgent-due-for-3-days-ago...
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Daily Sketch - the Kohlrabi
Farmers Market, week 2: I brought back loads of inspiration for my daily sketch sessions! This one was too beautiful to miss: I love its deep pinkish-purply colour, running through the vibrant greens of the leaves as if someone had drawn them on... And...
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Figurative
************* I haven't (totally) disappeared! ************** I have been kept busy with various ongoing projects and a much needed break in France to remind myself what that hot yellow thing that use to hang up in our skies feels like (and it feels goooooood!):...
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Merry Christmas!
Here is the busiest time of the year again, loads of Christmas Cards and Calendars flying off my shelves, new designs in the oven for Spring and forthcoming International Illustration Fairs... And so little time to post on my blog! So here is a summary...
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Daily Sketch - Paint Tubes
No need to look too far to find a topic for my daily sketches (not so daily at the moment, sadly...!), it was lying right under my nose : my watercolour tubes! Now this is a good opportunity to re-direct you to my official website now up and running:...
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Daily Sketch - Autumn Hues
If you haven't taken the time to look down on the pavement on your way to work in the morning, try it tomorrow! Colours and patterns are everywhere! Autumn is the best time of the year in London: as the days get colder and shorter, the trees proudly bear...
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The Foodie Bugle: First printed edition!
The first printed edition of The Foodie Bugle is out for food lovers, with 4 pages on my work! Many talented people are featured in this issue, which is available from their wonderful website: www.thefoodiebugle.com *********** The Foodie Bugle print...
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Work in Progress
Feathers again! Sounds like a perfect topic for Easter. This is work in progress on a large illustration of 60 feathers (on a beautiful 300gsm 70 x 100 cm cold pressed Fabriano paper) . After nights of looking at them from very closer range, I can't wait...
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Happy New Year!
It's never too late for good wishes! *********** And it's still time to buy your 2013 calendar! Due to popular demand, here's the latest addition to my series of illustrated 12-sheet calendars: The Vintage Teacups Calendar! (now, it cannot get more British...