Series of mini portraits

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With these series of mini portraits, I am trying different ways, markers, pastels, ink and brush. The goal is to simplify, to get the portrait in a few essential lines.

Avec ces séries de mini portraits, j’essaie différentes manières, feutres, pastels, encre et pinceau. Le but est de simplifier, de faire le portrait en quelques lignes essentielles.

Post-it portraits

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It’s like jogging, but for the mind. I draw  a series of portraits of the same person on post-it notes. The small size forces me to simplicity, going to the essential. I draw directly with markers with no construction lines, hoping to develop an automatism.

The model is Susanne Du Toit, a wonderful artist I discovered through the jkpp group.

C’est comme faire son jogging, mais pour l’esprit. Je dessine une série de portraits de la même personne sur des post-it. La petite dimension me force à la simplicité, à aller à l’essentiel. Je dessine directement aux feutres, sans lignes de constructions, en espérant développer un automatisme.

Le modèle est Susanne Du Toit, une artiste magnifique que j’ai connu grâce au groupe jkpp.

 

Writing-drawing-writing

Monika

 

In April I started the day with poetry and a fast sketch to illustrate it. It was a nice way of getting started. In May…back to portraits. It is great to be part of the Julia Kay’s Portrait Party , it gives me access to many photos of artists .

Here you can see some of the portraits made from my photos.

En avril, je commençais mes journées par un poème et une illustration rapide. C’était une façon trés agréable de se mettre en train. En mai…de retour avec les portraits. De faire partie du Julia Kay’s Portrait Party me donne accès à toutes sortes de photos d’artistes.

Ici vous pouvez voir des portraits faits d’après mes photos.

 

 

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Dreams are meant  to be lived Les rêves  sont faits pour être vécus

Dreams
are meant
to be lived
Les rêves
sont faits
pour être vécus

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a voracious mouth on a multitude of feet no chance for the rose bush

a voracious mouth
on a multitude of feet
no chance
for the rose-bush

NaPoWriMo is National Poetry and Writing Month

NaPoWriMo day 28

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among the ooooh! and ahahah! and oulala! a little voice says: I like the putty tat!

among the ooooh!
and ahahah!
and oulala!
a little voice says:
I like the putty tat!

NaPoWriMo day 26

A frog hops the sun flickers On ripples On the pond

A frog hops
the sun flickers
On ripples
On the pond

NaPoWriMo is National Poetry and Writing Month

NaPoWriMo day 25

Polka dots  Today? Why not! Pink on grey Cool, Yeee!

Polka dots
Today?
Why not!
Pink on grey
Cool, Yeee!

NaPoWriMo is National Poetry and Writing Month

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Gorging on cherries
I call you
My northern monkeys

NaPoWriMo is National Poetry and Writing Month

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