Home is...

Since some weeks she is trying to hold all those memories, to keep them very close, to feel them every moment of the day. She is craving to everything that is far away at this moment. She wanted that she brought with her a little piece of Andes to keep and to care. It would be her treasure with all the memories in it. Not just cold granite.

'Home is where the mountain is' she whispered and she felt home.

Prue - Based on Wildwood by C.Meloy

 Some days ago I jumped into 'The Impassible Wilderness'! Find it back in Wildwood of Colin Meloy and with super thrilling drawings of Carson Ellis! I'm a huge fan of her work and that's the reason why I bought Wildwood and look now...the story is taking me every evening to the woods...with my coffee;)! Very short : Prue's little brother is kidnapped by a bunch of crows and taken to the woods on the other side of the river...nobody ever went there! :) And then it begins! 

Watch the trailer of the book on this LINK!
www.wildwoodchronicles.com

Me and my noses

Easter means a well deserved day off!

We jumped into the car and I drove 2 hours...and we reached our destination.

Cap gris nez and Cap blanc Nez in Northern France.

I love those 'noses'.

From that point in France you can see the cliffs of Dover...and I saw them...it makes me dream away from further horizons on that continent...

The bad news, we went only for one day, the good news, this is only the start of my vacation!

Enjoy too!

Kidnap me Mr. Erizo

Some weeks ago a Hedgehog started crossing the road just in front of my car, I could slow down just in time, Mr. Erizo (hedgehog in spanish) stopped walking, looked to me and moved his little nose, rather smelling than watching I guess, and moved on. That imaged touched me so that I had to draw him...
Last week I found a little hedgehog in my garden, still a young boy and I hope to see him then and now back to have a chat ;) These animals are magic!
Here also a picture of Hans, my garden-hedgehog named to the one of the Jim Henson story.

Let go

Here she is ! My new illustration for a brand new and touching Lily-column. About saying goodbye, letting go someone you love and farewell. About the pain we feel on those moments and how we try to go on with our lives after it. In France I saw many swallows and every year I am very touched about the migration of all the birds. When they travel above my head to the south I start dreaming and the melancholy enters my heart. They have to say goodbye twice a year...and stay so proud after all. We can learn still a lot from them! And so I gave them a place in this drawing and I'm so proud to share with you the marriage between the column and the drawing on the site of the online-magazine 'Ziezózon'. Although it's in Dutch you can find there a bunch of funny and interesting links to all kinds of subjects. Enjoy this day!

Sorrel-daydream

As I wanted since weeks or may'be months. Starting to work on wood and not to grow into my watercolour-paper. I gave it a try...with Gesso, and acrylics and even my watercolors and pencils...wooow! This evening was perfect. Kate Bush in the background, heavy wind outside, Dalí afraid of that wind and napping and a warm milk with honey to drink.
In two weeks my parents-in-law will travel to Europe and are coming over to visit us, may'be that's the inspiration for the theme of this drawing. The leave-trees are inspired on the 'sorrel' (zurkel in flemish) growing in my garden. Incredible textures and colour they have!
A very nice weekend to all of you and stay dreaming...because really every dream comes true one day, just wait that one day!For them who love to see behind the drawing/painting, these pics ;)

Journey

She loves him and would do anything for him! This was my daydream...:)
For sure we are looking forward to find a perfect little spot in the north of France for our tent.
Reading, playing guitar, swimming, fresh breakfasts into the nature and cosey nights into our little stitched house! Sounds like summer and still april!

Winter

The last one

Ginkgo-scarf

My little Ginkgo-tree inspired me for this drawing. All the leaves coloured yellow...and soon they will fall down...and die. She enjoys the last days of october...and smells already HER month!

November! :)

Photoshoot

Playing...with my drawings

Reworking a drawing to make a birthday card for my mum... :)

Olimpia

Finally every cat can be portraited like Olimpia. All of them they behave like a princess or even king. Dreaming and sleeping is their major occupation...and their food will be served and legs will be prepared well to take a nap.
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(This is something crazy! Without remembering that Manet (Édouard) painted one day his Olympia too...I made this drawing. Thanks to Roberto! to remind me of that! It's so significant...the composition is quite similar...Olympia resting on her pillow, only my Olimpia is dressed :))) It made me so happy...and now this drawing means still more to me!

Muchas gracias Roberto!

This is why I love every comment that arrives on this blog...Thanks to all of you to share every day your thoughts with me and my creations!)

Gesso-doodle

So different result, using my watercolours on gesso, I love it to see what happens while doiing it. The colours are resulting different too!...have to do more with it I guess!

Reflecting

Very quicky doodle, to quicky, but I have a very good reason for that...tooooo busy with some projects ;)
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Patience / Paciencia

Awake and dreaming / Soñando despierta

Perspective

When he can catch a magazine or book about architecture or building cosy houses then he do so, to dream away in the future, to give time a certain perspective...while enjoying some tasty beers on this moment...a sweet one for today made of cherry's.
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Melancholy / Melancolia

Deep inside, ejoying the coldness of the 'passed days' and dreaming of warm and sunny 'coming days'.... with some Gerbera-leaves to color my dreams
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Recordando el frio de los dias pasados y soñando de un futuro caliente y lleno de sol...

Delicious hours / Horas ricas

Coming home after a new day full of marvellous experiences I really wanted to cook something very delicious for my also hardworking husband. Cooking is a kind of destressing for me, yin and yang, zen and so many more...creating with other materials, I love it and he loves me :)
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