Bonjour!
I got back from France last night.
I had a very enjoyable time
and it was sunny :)
and we drank violet and banana drinks (not mixed together)
I tried eel. It was chewy.
And saw a lot of boats and ropes and nets and crabs.
This is picture of my mother lying on the beach in her lovely flowery swimming costume...
She has no feet. I ran out of paper.
Have you ever seen these by the way?
I used to eat them all the time in France when I was little.
Cheesy blocks of chemical goodness.
I LOVE them.
And the little pictures they have on the foil wrapper.
I was sad enough to cut the pictures out and stick them to paper with UHU so I could look at them properly.
A line of French people^
I also looked at oodles of French picture books.
Kind of ended up buying a couple...
or five.
This one I found in some second hand kind of shop. 'Larguons les Amarres' by Emmanual Cerisier. I like the the black line drawings. And I like pictures of boats and water.
Kind of reminds me of Tin Tin for some reason.
L'OURS QUE PERSONNE N'ECOUTAIT
(The Bear nobody listened to)
'I have a little problem,' said the bear. 'I think...'
I absolutely LOVE the illustrations by Silke Leffler in this book. (I think it's german originally) The faces on the people and bear are so friendly looking which I think is important in a picture book. I also think the collaging works really well. I especially like the scene in the Doctors surgery:
^sticking plaster :)
CHARLOTTE ET L'ILE DU DESTIN
(Charlotte and the Island of Destiny)
The drawings of the poeple in this book reminds me of the Who's in 'The Grinch.'
I think the way Olivier Lasser has painted the water is beautiful.
I need to learn how to paint water...
ERNEST ET CELESTINE AU CIRQUE
(Ernest and Celestine at the Circus)
I HAD to get this because my Dad used to read us an Ernest and Celestine book when we were little in a stupid squeaky voice that used to annoy my sister. I love Gabrielle Vincents illustrations in these books because they are so expressive.
Et Finalement...
L'AMEROUX
by Rebecca Dautremer
I think the characters in this book are amazing. I still don't quite understand the story though, I need to translate it properly. Its such a rich colourful book, I was so excited when I saw it on the shelf because it was one that I particularly wanted to find.
I need to stop buying books now.
It's just getting greedy.
A line of people I drew on the ferry^
SO many people were being sick on the ferry.
It was a bit of rough crossing. I have sealegs though so I don't ever get sick on boats. I like it when the sea is bouncy and rough.
Some people at a table. ^ I think they saw me drawing them.
The arcade machine things on the ferry^
A french shop^
another french shop^
A french door and some cheeeese^
French beach huts! ^
And a french bar^
au revoir!
On Sunday I went to Starbucks in Norwich and sat at the bar thing at the window where you can see all the people sitting outside. Had to draw them quite quickly because they kept moving and leaving. Here are my top three favourite looking people that I saw:
I love deep deep brackets, wish I had them:
This guys friend left a WHOLE peach and pomegranite frapucino on the table:
It's weird, these people will never know they're immortalized on paper from that morning. It's like photography, I always wonder how many random tourist photographs that I'm in the background of without knowing.
I really like the colours orange and black together at the moment. It's probably something to do with Halloween just gone and all those pumpkins!
This^ was my favourite carved pumpkin I saw this year! (by Rebecca Poole) Cat shapes are cool. I love them.
