by barbara luel | Mar 12, 2026 | creativity, drawing, sketching, Urban sketching |
EN FRANCAIS CI-DESSOUS Last weekend I was hunched over a tiny sketchbook in Strasbourg, happily drawing wonky buildings while my (very patient, non-sketching) friends waited. As my pen zigzagged across the page, completely ignoring the rules of perspective I spent...
by barbara luel | Jun 22, 2024 | drawing |
Guess who visited Brussels again to do a sketchwalk with us and to give 2 workshops? The King of Happy Lines: Ch’ng Kiah Kiean from Malaysia ! The sketchwalk we organized with Urbansketchers Belgium was part of the 50th Citydev.Brussels Anniversary, were...
by barbara luel | Feb 11, 2024 | creativity, drawing |
I just came back from Finland, pushing my sketching bounderies with artist Marie Detrée (https://www.mariedetree.com/).First I went 5 days to Helsinki to see back old friends I know from my architecture studies in Oulu 30 years ago. It was amazing to see them. (We...
by barbara luel | Mar 7, 2022 | creativity, drawing, Urban sketching |
When the world is literally falling apart in wars, human and natural disasters “This is precisely the time when artists go to work,” Toni Morrison wrote in her electrifying case for the artist’s task in troubled times. “There is no time for despair, no place for...
by barbara luel | Dec 31, 2021 | creativity, drawing |
On the last week of the year I’m always taking time to reflect on the past year and on the coming year. It’s the slowest and most busy week of the year, where I end up puzzled for not having done what I wanted to do. I found a nice list of questions to...
by barbara luel | Sep 16, 2021 | drawing |
The beginning of autumn is for me always a beautiful time, but as well an overwhelming time. Light is changing, colors are changing. Life is changing… I’m in total overwhelm for the moment! We will be moving out of our house in a couple of months, my hubby...
