by barbara luel | Mar 22, 2020 | Non classé |
Another challenge of being confined at home is trying not to gain too much weight! Usually I bike to the office and move a lot… now I’m just sitting at home, eating, with a gass of wine and chocolate…. So I started fitnessing at home with online...
by barbara luel | Mar 22, 2020 | Non classé |
Day 3 confined at home…. I didn’t know I was so tired!! Now that I’m staying home I feel it…. When we run to work everyday we just keep going and don’t dare to slow down: we feel guilty when we slow down and want to work less… Why?...
by barbara luel | Mar 22, 2020 | Non classé |
Here’s the first sketch in this concertina (accordeon) sketchbook. It’s a sketchbook by Sennelier, with nice thick paper, called “USK book” (Urbansketching book). The paper is 340 g thick and you can paint with mixed media on it: it...
by barbara luel | Mar 20, 2020 | Non classé |
How are you doing? Are you confined at home like I am ? I’m supposed to work at home, but with all building sites stopping one by one, and projects slowing down, I’m actually getting out of work… This is also a dangerous time for my architecture...
by barbara luel | Mar 4, 2020 | drawing, Urban sketching |
Hello my dearest ! I’m so excited my book with drawings of Japan is finally published ! Excited and afraid… afraid people won’t like it and won’t buy it of course… Is it good enough? Is it beautiful enough? Did I leave some typing errors in the texts?…....
by barbara luel | Feb 16, 2020 | creativity, drawing |
I get a lot of questions about how to make best progress in drawing and painting. I think the best way is to “play” and experiment regularly in a sketchbook! A sketchbook will give your inner artist some space to grow and will help you to find your own...
by barbara luel | Jan 12, 2020 | Non classé |
Hello my dear! Here’s another video I made in Kanazawa. It’s the same tea house as in the previous video, but seen from the other side of the lake. First I made the drawing in pencil (I use Palomino Blackwing pencil medium hard graphite.) and then I...
by barbara luel | Dec 27, 2019 | Non classé |
Hello my dearest! Are you preparing your resolutions for the new year? I always make a huge list of what I plan to do better in the coming new year and guess what ? I’m usually too ambitious and also not so very kind for myself and then of course at the...
by barbara luel | Nov 11, 2019 | Non classé |
Hello my dearest ! I just came back from Japan ! It was a wonderful breath of fresh air! I nearly thought I wouldn’t make it to the plane, as I was in a great mess before leaving: I was drowning in problems at the office…. I felt really sick before leaving and...
by barbara luel | Sep 8, 2019 | Non classé |
“To make art you need your eyes, your hands and your HEART. It’s your heart that makes you choose your colours. Your emotional side.” And : “What does the picture need?” Choose your colours according to your mood and according to what the picture needs....
