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Paris, Serge Gainsbourg, People on the train and Artmaterial

People on the Train

People on the Train

Serge Gainsbourg's Hôtel Particulier, after his death his family left this exterior wall full of graffity just as it is. Hommage to the great writer and singer and songwriter, provocateur par excellence.

Serge Gainsbourg’s Hôtel Particulier, after his death his family left this exterior wall full of graffity just as it is. Hommage to the great writer and singer and songwriter, provocateur par excellence.

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Art Material – Everything you need if you want to paint, 57 Quai des Grands Augustins in the 6th arrondissment

My jheart beats faster when I look at this

My heart beats faster when I look at this

I didn"t buy anything, I resisted.

I didn”t buy anything, I resisted.

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People

Sketching on location – Moleskine sketchbook, ink and watercolor crayons

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The Stolen Glance and my studio

 
Trainpeople – The stolen glance – Moleskine Notebook Sketch

I don’t often try to put people in “situations” when I draw them, (except Miss Doodle) , on the contrary, I isolate them from their context, mainly cause I don”t have the time and also because that would be boring, as the context is always the same old train.

It is interesting to pick one person, separate her from the surroundings, and draw that person, fix it on a sheet of blank paper. There’s only her and me. The lady I drew this morning looked at me all the time, and I didn’t want to make her uncomfortable, as that would have made ME uncomfortable, so I just stole some glances:) , sketching without looking at her too much, hiding behind my lowered eyelids:).

My studio is quite nice. It has light, it is tri-angular, it is my kitchen too. The studio has three windows and one door, and a circular wooden staircase which leads to the room upstairs.

It has a leather chair, Oscar’s favourite, (and Oscar and Knut are often fighting for that chair:) - also an old Ikea chair which makes your butt ache after little time;) it has a big working table, and a dining table with 4 chairs. The kitchen is where I cook, (or not lol) and mix my pigments, it has a nice wooden bar and there are two barchairs. The cats like to sit on the bar, or walk around the kitchen area in general….They also like to sit by the window on that little wooden closet, look out on the street and greet the people walking by.

Oscar et Knut - Moleskine carnet

two heads watching on the shelf

color samples, inspiring photos, a sieve for the pigments

towels, paint rollers, brushes, gouache paint, watercolor Study

There is a joyful mess on my table right now, love it.:)

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In the train – (after the party:)

In the train – ink sketch

Now I only have a 8 minute ride on the train to sketch, but I can do it. Not always, but right now there are less people in the train as people are on holiday. Those two probably spent their night partying and they were sound asleep, I hope they did not miss their station:)

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A Visitor from another Century

 

19th Century Idea

Visitor from another Century - Moleskine Watercolor Sketch

Sometimes you may have visitors from another century. In the morning I had met with the very contemporary jeans-guy in the left sidebar, the one playing with his toy. And in the late afternoon, on my way home, this Lady came doodling out of my inkpen.

I guess my mind was inspired by a painting by Edgar Degas which always impressed me,  “ Buveur d’absinthe”, and by the women Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec used to portrait.

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What happens to the face when it laughs? – Watercolor Illustration

Metroheads

Metroheads - What happens to the face when it laughs?

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Metrohead 962 – Simply thoughts or sorrows?

Metroheads 962 - Thoughts and Sorrows - Watercolor in Moleskine Sketchbook

Time goes by so quickly, I have spent the most wonderful and inspiring two weeks with dear friends and family, re-discovering Paris with them.

In the meantime, I forgot all about the events which made the headlines almost two weeks earlier, which makes me think that it’s interesting to not only draw my fellow metro-travellers but also something which is related to what is going on in the rest of the “space” beyond my Metrobubble. “Metrobubble” is a very accurate expression for my (our) state of mind in the Metro, which my friend Kim from Creative Influences invented and which I love. Each traveller has his own private METROBUBBLE.

After I drew the two women , I saw one of the ubiquitous Metro-Newspapers on the empty seat in front of mine and the headlines about the hateful act of aggression in Moscow caught my eye. It had happened the evening before and I had already forgotten about it. Now I thought: those people in Moskow just sat in the Metro, when this happened, like we do now, perhaps there was even one person drawing other fellows and suddenly: Boum. Disaster and despair.

While writing this, Mahatma Gandhi comes to my mind and I’d like to finish my post with a quote by him: “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”

Have a good weekend.

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Metrohead 963 – Young Man with Hat

Metroheads 963 – Young Man With Hat – Moleskine Notebook Drawing

Métro Parisien, 29 mars 2010

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Metroheads 964 – What are your birds doing?

Metroheads 964 - What Are Your Birds Doing - Moleskine Notebook Drawing

Metro Parisien, 25 mars 2010

What are YOUR birds doing?

Ours are happily singing and twittering, beginning at 4 am.  The blackbird woke me up this morning, and I listened to his song for a while: what a miracle, a little black bird can produce such sound! Wow. Suddenly I’m not afraid of singing really loud when I play my guitar. Thanks little bird, for giving me courage!

Have a wonderful Thursday.

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Does your heart need hands?

Metroheads 965

March 24rd, 2010

Metrohead 965 - The Heart Needs Hands - Drawing in Moleskine Notebook

Found this in my pad calendar this morning:

“THE HEART NEEDS HANDS AND THE HANDS NEED A HEART” (Tibetan Saying)

I’m still pondering on this.

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