By general demand...

it has been a long time, a very long time... i know. i apologize. but here i am, back after all these silent months! we have been busy shooting a new serie produced by the bbc & hbo based on a quartet of novels by ford madox ford. screen play by sir tom stoppard and directed by susanna white. lots of special effects, lots of weapons, quite a few drawings...

called "parade's end" it is expected for release sometime next year...

production had bought "tea" for the british crew! things were bound to start the wrong way!

INT. Hotel de la Poste - Christopher's bedroom - Rouen... and a whisky at the bar after a long and tedious first day of shooting...

green key

webley MkVI flare gun

to be continued...

château de hautefort

and a birthday present from my good friends jean-paul & jean-luc, while dining and listening to live music at "le p'tit loup" in lalinde.

dans le marais poitevin

tournage du prochain film de safy nebbou "mauvaise herbe" d'après le roman l'âge bête de boileau-narcejac. vue de l'hôtel...

alice au pays des caricoles

my son simon, his girlfriend alice and i went strolling down town to the flea market the other day. she said she would taste every belgian food available but stepped back when we passed by this "caricole" vendor! mind you, i would have done the same!

la guerre des boutons

à paris, pour une réunion de préparation pour le prochain film de yann samuell: un remake de la guerre des boutons!

sardines

il fait froid en février à bruxelles. aussi, faute de pouvoir sortir, je me suis décidée à répertorier ma collection de boîtes de sardines! le contenu vaut bien le contenant!

losar tashi delek

year of the female metal rabbit

a week in preston

glover's court was wrongly branded the most crime-ridden street of england. i sat there, peacefully drawing for a while without anyone bothering me...the daily mirror is a poison.

the tiny-lovely jewellery shop in market place

and the beautiful roper hall building in friargate

if you have an interest in fabrics go visit this exhibition at

http://www.harrismuseum.org.uk/

it is well worth it!

travelling to preston

a lovely welcome...

R.I.P. Moleskine

after many years of happily drawing and painting in moleskine diaries, i am sadly announcing their disappearance, due to the ever declining quality of their paper...

i welcome and put the greatest hopes in "seawhites of brighton" as their successor and wish them a colourful and bright future!

30th sketchcrawl - results

11h00... zabeth et moi accueillons jules et gaëtan, venus renforcés les rangs des "crawlers". on fait connaissance devant un thé ou un café... et en route pour la grand'place...

déjeûner au mokafé dans la galerie du roi, puis musée de la ville...
merci à martine et india pour leur soutien moral!

30th sketchcrawl - results - zabeth

au cirio, zabeth croque tout le monde... les serveurs, jules...

les clients et les clientes... et nous on se régale!

merci zabeth!

30th sketchcrawl - results - gaëtan

et voici jules croqué au cirio par gaëtan de stoumont! merci gaëtan de t'être déplacé d'aussi loin pour nous rejoindre... à la prochaine?

30th sketchcrawl - results - jules

à tout seigneur, tout honneur... voici les dessins du doyen de notre groupe bruxellois: jules dessart! groupe dont il ne fut ni le moins brave ni le moins talentueux, loin s'en faut!

au cirio

et sur la grand'place...
merci jules! au plaisir de t'accueillir la prochaine fois.

30th sketchcrawl