The loose drawings in black pencil of Waka Huia are inspired by Belgian illustrator Monique Martin (more particularly by her illustration book "Un jour, un chien") and by my sketchbook practice.
You'll find an insight into that practice on this page. I also invite you to check Gabrielle Vincent's amazing book : https://www.casterman.com/Jeunesse/Catalogue/les-albums-casterman/un-jour-un-chien
"Un jour un chien", an illustrated book by Gabrielle Vincent (Monique Martin), who inspired the drawing style of the short.
A short film building on my sketchbook practice.
A short film building on my sketchbook practice.
A short film building on my sketchbook practice.
LIGNE DEUX is first and foremost a Brussels subway line. It also grew to a form of obsession. I live along line two, I work on line two, draw on line two. It's a way of traveling without going far away.
Those sketchbooks were made in the subway, from my sofa or while sitting on the loo; by looking (with or without glasses) through a big glass vase filled with objects gathered here and there.
Some were made barefoot from a semi-basement in Koekelberg, others with gloves at more than 3,500 meters high;)-
_ __JAPAN AND KOREA
A short film building on my sketchbook practice.
A short film building on my sketchbook practice.
MY MOST RECENT SKETCHBOOK. It started with a blank copy of "Saccage ce carnet" (published by Larousse). It then grew to my fattest sketchbook, with lots of collages and some contributions of Elie-James and Stanley who were with us during most of our trip in Japan and Korea.
I have stepped on it, torn it apart, tied and towed it with a big rope, slapped it on walls, left it for a night in our compost, slept or showered with it. It was burnt, frozen and dried in the sun!
It contains liquids, hair and nails, feathers, dust, part of a shoe, dead animals (only insects, rest assured), dried flowers, fruit and plants, lots of stamps and stickers, swear words, secret messages, words of hope and despair and rarities such as a choco pie wrapping (google is your friend!) or a chunk of barbed wired from the border between North and South Korea.
_ ___INKTOBER
A short film building on my sketchbook practice.
_ ___INKTOBER
EVERY YEAR IN OCTOBER, artists all over the world take on the Inktober drawing challenge by doing one ink drawing a day the entire month. I did it in 2016, following my participation to the Manchester edition of the "Urban Sketching Symposium".
Urban Sketchers
I am a member of Urban Sketchers, a community of sketchers all over the world, the motto of which is “See the World, One Drawing at a Time.”
Participating to the 2016 edition of the symposium in Manchester - including Richard Brigg's workshop called "what to leave out, what to leave in - capturing a sense of place" brought a lot to the project.
Here is our manifesto :
- We draw on location, indoors or out, capturing what we see from direct observation.
- Our drawings tell the story of our surroundings, the places we live and where we travel.
- Our drawings are a record of time and place.
- We are truthful to the scenes we witness.
- We use any kind of media and cherish our individual styles.
- We support each other and draw together.
- We share our drawings online.
- We show the world, one drawing at a time.
For more info, check Urban Sketchers' blog : http://www.urbansketchers.org/
