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Feb

22

Café scene – Raoul Dufy

2018/02/22 | by Eric Bourdon | Comment

Café scene

Watercolor and gouache on paper by Raoul Dufy
Executed around 1934 – Artwork size : 50,8 x 66,8 cm
Sold £50,000 at Sotheby’s London on Feb 6, 2014

In 1926, while watching a little girl running on the dock of Honfleur, Raoul Dufy realizes that the mind records color faster than the outline. He will then dissociate the colors and the drawing. Dufy adds his drawing to large bands of horizontal or vertical colors, or to large colored spots.

Watercolor and gouache become more and more important after 1930. The “puddles of color” of the background are spread on a paper previously wet and stretched on a drawing board. When they are dry, he draws with a fine brush the various elements of the subject.

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Jan

29

Think of the planet !

2018/01/29 | by Eric Bourdon | Comment

(Zoom on the drawing)

Think of the planet !

Pen, marker on paper, digital retouching
Eric Bourdon © 2018

“Print this email only if you really need it !” To appeal to the responsibility of everyone for the future of the planet, before using a small sheet of paper, is very nice.

But while you feel guilty, weighing the pros and cons…

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Oct

5

“You’re late !” – Speed drawing improv

2017/10/05 | by Eric Bourdon | Comment

“You’re late !” – Speed drawing improv – Video © Eric Bourdon

Example of a creative scribbling in 2 minutes…

(video speed is 3x the real speed)

Other videos of improvised drawing by Eric Bourdon on Vimeo !

Jul

30

“Come right here !” – Controlled scribbling

2017/07/30 | by Eric Bourdon | Comment

“Come right here !” – Controlled scribbling – Video © Eric Bourdon

A 3 min creative scribbling experiment…

(video speed is 3x the real speed)

Other videos of improvisational scribbling by Eric Bourdon on Vimeo !

“While coloring books for adults are something of a trend, there’s another artistic outlet that requires even less effort than colored pencils and markers. It may have more benefits, to boot.

Doodling — the spontaneous act of drawing, typically in the margins of whatever one is really supposed to be working on — is more than a humble distraction. While doodling gets a bad rap, it’s actually associated with better learning, creativity and performance. Here are five of doodling’s benefits :

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Jul

16

On the road to holidays… and bullfights

2017/07/16 | by Eric Bourdon | Comment (1)

[ click to zoom ] [ dessin en français ] [ dibujo en español ]

“On the road to holidays… and bullfights”

(Spanish-style bullfights = corridas de toros)
Pen and marker on paper, 2017
© Eric Bourdon

This drawing was inspired by the contrast between the awareness campaigns against the abandonment of pets on the roads to holidays, carried out by the animal welfare associations, and the festive torture of other animals, supported by the law and mostly funded by public money.

Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. While empathy is stimulated on one side, it is reduced to nothingness on the other. Even more, one encourages not only to stay passive, but also to take a positive pleasure in the spectacle of another’s suffering.

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