Mail and Guardian 1
(English version below)
Lors de mon passage en France, j'ai revu une amie - celle qui m'a toujours poussee a prendre les pinceaux, qui m'a beaucoup encouragee. Elle-meme peint, ou plutot peignait car depuis quelques annees, elle n'en trouve plus le temps. L'envie est toujours la biensur, et pour la pousser a mon tour de reprendre les pinceaux, je lui ai lance un petit defi: m'envoyer toutes les semaines un croquis, et moi en echange je lui en enverrais un aussi.
J'ai finalement (apres quelques semaines de reflection) choisi de lui envoyer un croquis que j'aurais tire du journal, le Mail and Guardian, un hebdomadaire.
Pas tres inspirant cette semaine, le journal!! Apres l'avoir parcouru, je suis revenue sur la premiere page qui met en avant le nouveau president qui pretait serment le 9, le jour ou j'ai fait ce croquis.
J'espere que j'arrivrai a tenir mon challenge, car ce journal-la, s'il est tres interessant au demeurant, n'est pas forcement une extraordinaire source d'inspiration, mais bon, on fait un challenge ou on en fait pas...
While in France last month, I saw a friend - the one who urged me to start painting, who has always been a firm supporter and who paints as well. Well, I should say she used to paint because she doesn't seem to find time for it anymore, even though she misses it a lot. So, in my turn, in order to urge her to paint or sketch again, I challenged her to send me one sketch a week, and I promised I would do the same too.
After a few weeks reflection, I've finally decided to send her a sketch drawn from the weekly Mail & Guardian.
This week's edition was not very inspiring!! After browsing through it, I came back to the front page which was focusing on Jacob Zuma, the new president who was taking his oath on the 9th, the day I sketched this.
I hope I will manage to keep to my word, because the Mail & Guardian is undoubtedly interesting but as for a source of inspiration to sketch, one can probably find better!