by barbara luel | Aug 1, 2021 | Non classé |
This is a very special “post confinement” summer… 2021 will be remembered. I just came back from the magical île de la Réunion where I was invited to give 6 workshops at the travel sketchbook festival “Festival Embarquement immédiat” and...
by barbara luel | Jun 20, 2021 | Urban sketching |
I’m finally preparing for summer ! The sun has come to Brussels, birds are singing, the confinement is ending here and we’re meeting again with urbansketchers to go sketching outside together. Restaurants and terraces have opened and most of us are...
by barbara luel | May 24, 2021 | creativity |
I got this great question from Neha yesterday on Instagram that made my heart jump because I still feel it sometimes as well: “I have this terrible issue with not being able to paint or sketch because I find my sketchbooks too precious…. I know I need to stop...
by barbara luel | May 9, 2021 | Non classé |
I’ve written about this before… “Take time to play”! But I insist, because it’s sooooo important to grow your drawing and painting skills. Because when we take ourselves too seriously and we stop playing, we end up doing always the same...
by barbara luel | Apr 22, 2021 | creativity |
In my previous blogpost I was talking about my spring pocket palettes, and about my pink pocket palette. The pink watercolor tubes I bought to make that palette are not all available any more. Some beautiful Holbein pinks I bought in Japan are sold out. Pink is a...
by barbara luel | Apr 10, 2021 | creativity |
Spring is always an exciting time, with the cherry blossoms and the magnolias blooming. Part of the excitement is the Fear of Missing Out, because I know it doesn’t last long! As most of you know I mean the cherry blossoms I love to paint. They’re quickly...
by barbara luel | Apr 2, 2021 | Non classé |
One year has gone by. I’ve been thinking about past pandemic year, with all exacerbated emotions, very much lows, and very much highs… a lot of emotions and stress and tension, both at home and at work. For some of us, quarantine was a time of renewed...
by barbara luel | Mar 5, 2021 | Non classé |
I don’t actually feel so colorful today…A friend died of cancer…So I feel actually quite ambiguous.I feel very sad of courseBut at the same time I feel a huge urgency : with her death, she’s reminding me that life is so short and I shouldn’t waste it.I should enjoy it...
by barbara luel | Jan 26, 2021 | creativity, drawing, watercolor tutorial |
Hello everyone ! I hope you’re going well in this first month of 2021? I want to share some creative inspiration with you, to get you going and make the best out of this year ! First of all I want to talk about Ian Fennelly’s book that was published...
by barbara luel | Jan 8, 2021 | creativity |
“Happy new year” is a bit difficult to say today, with these Covid problems which are not over yet, and all this violence around, and climate problems… but what else can we say? I wish you the best new year possible, a beautiful and a healthy new...
