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Oct

16

Brett Kavanaugh, a judge without precedent…

Published on 2018-10-16 by Eric Bourdon | Comment
Category(ies) : Analysis, Drawing, Drawings on paper

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Brett Kavanaugh, a judge without precedent…

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

An illustration with Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump’s pick for US Supreme Court, a highly conservative judge (described by The New York Times as a “conservative stalwart”) obsessed with judicial precedents, but having a very fuzzy memory of his own past…

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Jul

5

3 minutes of trampoline ! Drawing improv

Published on 2018-07-05 by Eric Bourdon | Comment
Category(ies) : Drawing, Videos

“3 minutes of trampoline !” – Drawing improv
Video © Eric Bourdon

Creative doodling in 3 minutes…

(video speed is 3x the real speed)

Other videos of improvised drawings by Eric Bourdon on Vimeo !

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May

5

Teacher training in America

Published on 2018-05-05 by Eric Bourdon | Comment
Category(ies) : Analysis, Drawing, Drawings on paper

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Teacher training in America

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

Excerpts below are selected from an article by German Lopez published on Vox.com : www.vox.com/…/armed-teachers-gun-violence-mass-shootings (2018/03/20)

“The case against arming teachers”
More “good guys with guns” wouldn’t be enough – and would likely make a lot of problems worse.

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Feb

22

Café scene by Raoul Dufy

Published on 2018-02-22 by Eric Bourdon | Comment
Category(ies) : Analysis, Drawing, Painting

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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 !

Published on 2018-01-29 by Eric Bourdon | Comment
Category(ies) : Drawing, Drawings on paper

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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

Published on 2017-10-05 by Eric Bourdon | Comment
Category(ies) : Drawing, Videos

“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 !

En retard ! – Dessin d’impro rapide

Jul

30

Come right here ! – Controlled scribbling

Published on 2017-07-30 by Eric Bourdon | Comment
Category(ies) : Drawing, Videos

“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

Published on 2017-07-16 by Eric Bourdon | Comment (1)
Category(ies) : Analysis, Drawing, Drawings on paper

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“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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