Tag / art
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EXPO | 28th Montgermont Watercolour Exhibition
My very first time at the famous Montgermont Watercolour Exhibition 2024 that I’ve heard and read so very often ! I was very excited and happy to receive their invitation back in March for one of my few paintings from last year – “The Contemplations”, and with my husband we went to the opening early…
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EXPO | 34th Uckange International Watercolour Exhibition
This April once more I was selected to present my works at the Uckange International Watercolour Exhibition 2024. It’s a huge previlege to particpate in such a long-standing art salons which houses many beautiful works. This year particularly was full of diverse styles and trends that featured incredible creativity by artists from all over the…
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ART CRUSH | Jean-Jacques Sempé
I’ve never had a mentor, have never been anyone’s protégée, but fortunately, along the way there have been a couple of artists and writers that I admire so much, both for their art and their personality. They are the ones that I look up to, that I secretly ask questions and get answers from. Their…
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EXPO | St-Yriex-la-Perche 2023 – Awarded the Esquisse Prize
I was lucky enough not only being chosen to participate in the 18th International Watercolour Exhibition in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche but also awarded the Esquisse Prize at the opening ceremony on the 22/08 🏅 It was such a beautiful surprise since I was already very contented with just being there and having a chance to see other…
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WIA 2023 – ‘Papillion’ Longlisted for Children Publishing
On one fine May morning, a great news came in – I got longlisted for the World Illustration Awards 2023 in Children Publishing category for the set of 5 illustrations of my Papillion Project!!! ‘Papillion‘ is a combination 2 French words – ‘papillon’ (butterfly) and ‘lion’ (same as ‘lion’ in English). It is a picture…
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EXPO | Uckange 2023 – My First Watercolour Exhibition
🖼️ The 33rd Uckange International Watercolour Exhibition 2023 💐 The news came on one cold morning in February, I was thrilled to be invited to one of the most well-known and well-organized exhibitions in France. Two of my painting: Garden Scent and Bouquet of Sunshine were selected to participate in this year assemble of 86…
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How to start and keep a journal
Why start journaling? Journaling has been a great source of comfort and inspiration to me. The fact that you can slow down and quietly express yourself on paper is incredibly wonderful. It’s more common for artists to talk about sketchbooks, as they represent their own visual thinking process, and which I believe to be essential…
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ART CRUSH | La Rêverie
I first saw the Daydreaming ( La rêverie in French), also known as the Portrait of Jeanne Samary by Augustin Renoir at the Louis Vuition Fondation last autumn in Paris. Jeanne was a young actress in la Comédie-Française…
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2021 – A Year in Review
2021 was a remarkable year. Although it seems that this statement has been repeated so many times, it was indeed a turning point in my life where I quitted my full-time job and finally followed my dream of doing art professionally. In May, I came across Sylvia Path’s quote, I finally realised that I was…