“Poissons des grottes” styrocut, handprinted on Manilla.

The art of LIM. LIM stands for “less is more“. From architecture to painting and poetry, it is a movement also known as minimalism.

To me, LIM  is getting to the essential, in a few strokes and no coming back. The difficult part being no coming back. Refraining the urge to fiddle more and more, add more shadows, elongate a few lines…restraining that feeling of anxiety that translate into adding more.

l’art du peu: LIM, less is more,  ou moins c’est plus. Un mouvement, le minimalisme , en architecture, peinture, poésie .

Pour moi, LIM, c’est arriver à l’essentiel en peu de lignes, sans retouches. La difficulté réside dans le “sans retouches”. Retenir l’envie de pinailler encore et encore, d’ajouter des ombres, d’allonger des lignes…contenir ce sentiment d’anxiété qui se traduit toujours par en faire plus.

Tintin meets Spielberg and the result is great. Tintin, like Astérix, Gaston, Lucky Luke , was one of my childhood companion. I loved looking over and over at the illustations, the details, the perfect lines. I loved the adventures.

In the movie , The adventures of Tintin, I got the same feeling as in the albums: action,  beautiful graphic images, lots of details, amazing backgrounds. The only minus would be how Milou / Snowy is drawn, a bit too fluffy, to my taste.

La rencontre de Tintin et de Spielberg a été très bonne. Tintin, ainsi que Astérix, Gaston et Lucky Luke, était un de mes compagnons d’enfance. J’adorais feuilleter les albums, regarder les illustrations, les détails, la ligne parfaite. J’adorais ces aventures.

J’ai eu la même impression en regardant le film,  Les aventures de Tintin: de l’action, de belles images très graphiques, beaucoup de détails, des arrière-plans magnifiques. La seule petite critique serait pour Milou, un peu trop vaporeux à mon goût.

In 2012, I would like to be more persistent. Stick with a medium  for more than 2 or 3 attempts. 10 seems like a good number, so I will do 10 or more before trying  an other one.

Above, the first two in ink and gouache, as I could not stick to ink alone…

Pour 2012, j’aimerai être plus persistente, rester avec un medium pour plus que 2 ou 3  essais. 10 semble être un bon nombre, alors je vais en faire au moins 10 avant d’en essayer un autre.

En haut, les 2 premier à l’encre et gouache…je n’ai pas pu rester avec encre seule!

Wild?

If you are still undecided, go walk in the forest, choose a  nice setting, pick a beautiful tree and decorate it.

Merry Christmas!

A series to get inspired for decorating the Christmas tree.

Brushes app on Ipod touch, finger painted.

Free?

For Stafford.

A series to get inspired for decorating the Christmas tree.

Brushes app on Ipod touch, finger painted.

Surrealist?

A series to get inspired for decorating the Christmas tree.

Brushes app on Ipod touch, finger painted.

Big?

A series to get inspired for decorating the Christmas tree.

Brushes app on Ipod touch, finger painted.

Recycled?

A series to get inspired for decorating the Christmas tree.

Brushes app on Ipod touch, finger painted.

Minimalist?

A series to get inspired for decorating the Christmas tree.

Brushes app on Ipod touch, finger painted.

A la Magritte?

For my blog pal Aletha.

A series to get inspired for decorating the Christmas tree.

Brushes app on Ipod touch, finger painted.