| Video killed the photography star |

Done Eastern - long time ago at Farge/Weser ...

Carnets de Voyage / Streaming

I just found out about this wonderful series on Arte (Franco-German-TV-Station). They are broadcasting nine 26 min long documentations on six (!!!) international illustrators who travel the world and draw and paint in their Carnets de Voyage / Travel Sketchbooks.

They follow the illustrators on their tours through Armenia, Namibia, Cap Verde and so on ... you see there sketchbooks .... and you see the sites they are on .... you see drawings faded into reality and back ... and moreover you see the people behind it ... the people they encounter!

Times to see: Another six days at 5:35 pm EST. If you are not wake: You can recapture all episodes here in French or here in German. If the links are broken just click on http://plus7.arte.tv and search for either "Carnets de yoyage" or "Reiseskizzen".

Enjoy!

|| THEbiG1 || Let it flow ||

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Started this tiny one a couple of days ago. I really like the format 10x10 cm (3.94 by 3.94 inches). The first page can be seen below. The text written underneath the sketch says something like "Simply let float, yourself". Indeed, the original sentence's German grammar itself is kind of artificial ... if you click on the tiny one you'll be lead to a constantly growing flickr-set.

Archives: Weser at Farge

Talking about Gipi and Pirati this archive's picture came back to my mind: The River Weser at viewing Farge on the other side. A small town where the ferry boat is landing. I sketch this scene over Easter 2007 -- and maybe the present temperature just brought back the memory of that windy and cold bike-ride I took when I painted this. ;-)

// Update //

Anyone who'd like to read an affectionately radio feature broadcasted yesterday (08-01-11) on Deutschlandradio Kultur about this region, please follows these links ...

Radio feature to read or listen --- A little universe of life and love on one of Europe's biggest rivere isles - Harriersand.

Thanks to:

Sketchcrawl # 16 -- Dock 10

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And to see some more Hamburg impressions you might want to watch 2007's Movie-Festival's trailer.

Online-Festival

Came about the live-stream to "Rock am Ring" - a classic major outdoor music festival, starting today and counting .... another two. And as it is for festivals: It's raining. So I remembered The Shins' singer I drew lately from a picture taken from the ARD - therefore the encircled number One.
Best festival equipment next to a raincoat allways seemed to be a life jacket for me - on the other hand, not the first choice if you prefer stage diving, though.

Negative Space

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Did some training in character design and their dynamic behaviour ... so is this one of 'em. Negative space and overlapping limbs are supposed to be the first step.

Talking about first steps and space and negative: Resuming the first weeks of spacious apartment-search: negative, Sir ... according to our budget ;-)

Waves // Wellen

it's so hot and sticky these days // can't wait to get closer to the sea in some weeks // anyone out there having a home for us in Hamburg // we're still looking out for one // ... // no fun

Weser at Farge

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Did some reality, too, around Easter. Spring green came around at the river Weser banks.

Inspiring Easter

Tons of sketches, inspired by the fruitful Easter bunny and driven by some niece's picture- wishes I am about to share some with you.Bought two new colours so I am able to paint as pink and purple water as Enrico does in his ongoing Venice Chronicles.

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... and still more bunnies who couldn't be held next to the scanner, hidden in my books.

Un jour, un dessin ...

.. that's what I am about to get close to. Next step would be to do an even harder thing for me: A scan per day ;-)

As I am still training on both of it, I have to share this wonderful watercolour-blog with you.

copyright by BENJAMIN GABOURY

Rataouille

just a test to see if this really works out fine ... and by the way I like the teaser and the Japanese trailer which might be the "real" trailer, too?

... standing again!

Due to some "maladissimo" I have been laying around most of the last days. Celebrating my hopefully upcoming upright period I test-post this:
A sketch I finally glued on that king-size matchbox, which in fact beholds these clips - really neat to clip some notes or postcards and have them stand around you ;-)
Snow is falling right now - allways a good sign for me. Am I right, a.n.?