La Pequeña Cerillera

I've always loved this story. It's so sad, so real, and so powerful. The Little Matchmaker has been since I read it for the first time one of the strongest memories of my childhood: I found sad that this little girl had been left to die in the street, and at the same time I was happy to know she was ok now.

So this feels like the right thing to start with for experimenting a bit with colors, textures and work methods...

Héroe Mujeriego

So - this is one of the joys of taking care of children. You come across this kind of moments now and then. This is totally true - I may have exaggerated or stylized a few bits, but the story is that yesterday at the park I took out my umbrella because it started raining, and the 4 year old I'm looking after decided HE was the one to hold it. Which of course meant that after two steps, I was drenched and he was walking in his water-proof coat, giving refuge to the little girls in the playground, all older than him.

He also decided to photobomb people taking pictures. His serious face while he does it is what makes it even better.

And, after almost six months of feeling a bit unwelcome in this city, while I was doing this watercolor at my usual cafe not only did I get a complimentary coffee by the patron - I also got this piece sold: barely had time to take a picture of it! So... a wonderful day, all in all n.n

Spring is flowering :)

Té Macabro

I'm hard, hard at work in a couple of projects completely different from each other but at the same time rather exciting. One personal, one in a collaboration. And another one that I hope that will come through too. Multitasking, at it's best!! But because I don't want to leave the blog neglected, here's a little something... just for you :)

Dr. Sketchy - L'artiste Voyageur

Got the chance to be a part of the Dr. Sketchy session at the Musée du Quai Branly last friday. It was a lot of fun - the costumes were simply amazing to work with, the models were wonderful, and even though - CLEARLY - I forgot a decent sketchbook I'm quite happy that I was still able to do some really, REALLY rough watercolor experiments... next time I'll double check before leaving home.

I must confess I suffered from scenic fear now and then: there were loads of people staring behind us...

Long pose allows me to experiment. And push the pose. 

 Ahahaha - the logo. This drawing was sponsored XD

Bike Love

A little bit of experimentation :D Had a lovely walk in a lovely wood, and I was going berzerk with textures and colors - taking pictures everywhere. I now have my very own snail shell for watering my pencils. In a few months, it'll be full of color, I'm sure :D

Perséfone

It's spring, you guys!!!
Well... or at least... it kinda wants to be. I mean, birds are singing and all, and yes, I'm starting to see some flowers outside, and last night I was able to walk by the Canal at 2:00 am and not really be cold - quite a relief after last's week's same walk in the snow. But come on! I cannot even take a decent picture of this work because there's no sun!! (Which is why I'm posting this today rather than yesterday :( Can we pretend I did it on time??)

Bref. (BWAHAHA French permeates my everyday language). *ahem* ANYWAY. I just went girly crazy on this piece and allowed my deepest inner influences to come out. GUESS WHO. C:

*Edit: The sun heard (read?) my rant and allowed me to take a slightly better pic of this. Still need to scan, though...

Note: If you couldn't guess, it's clearly this guy.

Bonnes Nouvelles

Well well well. Last week was rough. I got bitten, got my head open (a tiny bit, but there was blood involved) by a falling robot, got lost at 2:00 am and slipped on the ice in the pavement in the middle of the street. Try and guess which one's the fake one (yes, just one is fake!).

However, there's also plenty of good news - beyond my vanity that urges me to mention I bought shoes and a skirt that goes whoosh when I twirl. I got included in the Ólafur Arnalds For Now I Am Winter artbook with this piece - you get the artbook when you order the album in the US Official Store.

And also, I received notification that this other piece will be exhibited at Bogotá, Colombia, in the Salón de Ilustración Imagen Palabra, from April 8th to 13th. Still don't know the other exhibitors, but I'm excited as heck :D The piece itself is digital, so obviously the exhibited one will be a print - but boy, it's exciting! :D

Did I say how happy I am?

And well, got loads and loads of things to paint. I mean, LOADS. But in the meantime, I've been sketching loads of people on the metro... I'll be posting them now and then in twitter to make up for the lack of posts here - feel free to stalk! :D