But making this aquarelle (and writing this post) really moves me. It was hard to draw and paint his portrait. It's like... i don't know... maybe that losing one of your heroes makes you understand you are not immortal either ?

I painted it very quickly, so there're little mistakes, but it didn't turn that bad, did it ?

Well, goodbye mister, and i promise i'll see the piano.

6th step : finishings.

I added leaves without outlines to give a little relief (and because my green was jealous not being on the panel, always listen when inanimated objects are talking to you !).

Then, i put the varnish to protect the wood panel (chalk paint doesn't need to be protected, it's strong enough, and i like the soft touch of it, but i don't want the wood to become grey).

Until october 14th, you all have the time to find a recipe for a cake (with carrots and hunny, please) and to take a deep deep breath to blow (pooh !) the 100 candles of Christopher Robin's friends !

For the little story, i believed for a looooong time that pooh was just another way to say bear cub ! 😅

I took the illustration from a Disney calendar.

5th step. I put shadows and eyes with indian ink.

3rd step : the colors.

WIP.

I feel it's time for me to come back to drawings and acrylic and have a little break with watercolor.

A new little portrait after photo. I changed the color of her hair.

I prefered to work with indian ink for this request. I think it fits better with the gloomy atmosphere. But hell, i had some troubles with the drawing gum which was harder to remove...

A drawing my youngest son just did. I'm quite jealous of his ease to draw what he sees. He creates a lot of stuff in minecraft too.

I've been commissioned by one of my dearest friends to paint a wolf. She spends time with them in a reserve.

This one is a repro of a little oil painted by Maurice Cuny.

Maurice was a friend of my mother's family. He worked as a designer at LA SLAVIA, a french beer (which has been bought and liquidated by Heineken, victim of competition) and as a caricaturist at L'UNION, a french newspaper. He was the first mentor of young Jean Cabut too.

Jean Cabut, best known as CABU, was an illustrator and famous cartoonist. He has been murdered by terrorists in the office of CHARLIE HEBDO.