Monday night life drawing

Had a fun session tonight, a couple of friends showed up and my sister came to sketch too:)
After class this guy came up to me and handed me this drawing! I was so focused on that last pose of the night that I didn't notice he was drawing me! Great drawing and such a nice gesture too!!

Jeanne Ramel-Cals 'Mana'

Hey Bloggers!

I thought I'd finish my journey into the past with my Great Great Great Grandmother (wow! that's alot of great!): Jeanne Ramel-Cals or Jeanne Gibert by her maiden name, she was also known by her nickname 'Mana'.

Mana was a famous Writer/Poet/Journalist and Illustrator, her illustrations which I'm particularly fond of remind me of my favourite artist: Sempé. Having discovered her work only recently I'm very happy to share it with you! Here's her Mana's Bio if you are curious (in French sorry).

Monday night life drawing

Chump vs Champ Intro

A quick little Intro done in After Effects for a friend. He's working on a Kiwi TV pilot concept called 'Chump vs Champ'. for more info visit www.chumpvschamp.com
A little violent and not my style but this is was my mate was after :)
Peace!

Monday night life drawing

Concept doodles

More family art

Hey!

Still going up the family tree, here are some watercolours from my great-uncle (Francois Beaudouin) and paintings from his mother Josephine (my great grandmother). She is known for her detailed paintings and her unusual choice of format: she painted on marble stones!
Both have achieved a great deal of control in their techniques...

Dad's oldies

Now going one generation up! Theses are some of my dad's (Laurent Lalo) old sketches. The annoying thing is that he wasn't even trying to make nice drawings! he was just looking for the right ink/colour/paper combination. An endless quest for the right technique that eventually led him to the computer. He's one of the few first Illustrators to use Painter the Wacom and digital techniques professionally.
A shame that most of these sketches had to go to the local recycling center:( I'm glad I managed to save a few on camera.

Old Art!

Well if you can call it Art??

These are some of my ancient ancient work dating back to highschool where I majored in Fine arts and Photography. Keep in mind that some of this stuff is like 8 years old!! So please be nice ;)
Rediscovering that stuff after 7-8 years was quite a shock! some of it I was quite surprised with, others reassured me that it seems like I learned a few things since :)

I remember it was alot of fun trying all kind of techniques (gouache, etching, charcoal (where I got abit expressive with the monsters series) and my first ever wacom/digital drawing based on a frame of Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira).

Back Home!

Hi Guys!! I've arrived this morning back in Brissie!!
The trip was amazing and very important for me on all kind of levels.
Seeing Europe and my family and friends again was awesome!!
I would of gladly stayed longer but like they say: it's time to get back to reality..

One cool discovery I made was during a family house cleanup, where I came across old photos, books and drawings from me to my father, grandmother and great great grandmother! I will share with you a number of these in the posts to come. But for now here's a picture which I dug out, lets call it: Young Paul with a chameleon on his head.

So now you see where the inspiration for my Blog/Website Mascot comes from:) For some reasons I've always liked chameleons and picking this animal over another is not completely random:
Since I can remember: I've always had to blend in into different countries, cultures and social situations. Much like the chameleon I had to morph and adapt myself to my environment until it became second nature.

Anyhoo I hope you like!

Peace!

Paul

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L'ile noire

During my cousin's wedding in Frejus (South of France) we came across this island that looked vaguely familiar... after confirmation from the locals, it turned out to be the very same island Hergé used as inspiration for his album ' Tintin et L'ile noire'! Pretty cool I thought!
Hergé is known for his thorough research.
Here is a sketch from the beach+ a photo and Hergé's album.