April in Paris

True that a good critique is even better  for my long term development but who wants broccoli when you can have  cherry pie? 

I can not imagine what it must be like for theatre performers to read the newspaper reviews the morning after. There is nothing one can do once the performance is over. At least in illustration, I can use my eraser.

   

A woman who has helped me sift through the ins and outs of the luxury market has  a Weimerener dog named Bella. This is a quick little sketch that I whipped up as a thank you gift for her. 

I was only slightly surprised to learn that dogs have a solid role in the luxury market and thinking back to my art history slides, I guess they alway have! I don’t recall seeing many cats immortalized on canvas; perhaps it is time to fix that. In the meantime here is an hommage to Bella.

This is a change of address card that I am creating for a family moving from Paris to San Francisco. 

I just love the format which will be a large business card folded into threes. It will fit neatly into a pocket but will be also an appropriate note size  to send off to friends too. I am just loving Sergent Papers printers in Toulouse. All printed on recycled paper with recycled inks etc… 

I tried to include personal touches for each family member. The flying machine can be adapted to future clients as I drew the family on an overlay. Overall, I am pretty happy with everything. 

 This is personalized card that I am in the middle of creating  for a family who will be moving to San Fran from Paris. 

I added personalized details concerning the family including their portraits and interests. 

I can use the premise and replace the faces next time with another family.

It will be folded into three square parts. Can’t wait to add one or two details and send it off to the printers. 

 This is a little illustration that I did to accompany an article about a kids’ camp in France. The kids sleep in a chateau and go visit an apple orchard. They also do Indian Jones type adventure tours. . .