<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>C comme ... Cathy Bricka Giordano</title><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/</link><description>L&apos;atelier et les carnets de voyage d&apos;une artiste / a French artist&apos;s studio and travel sketchbooks.</description><language>fr</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 08:21:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>CanalBlog - http://www.canalblog.com</generator><item><title>Canal et pont dans Cannaregio / Canal and bridge in cannaregio</title><dc:creator>Giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/05/14/27062841.html</link><category>Balades autour de la France</category><category>carnet de voyage</category><category>Italie Italy</category><category>travel sketchbook</category><category>Venise Venice</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/05/14/27062841.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/27062841/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/05/14/27062841.html</guid><description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/18/74/401767/86206704_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/18/74/401767/86206704_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;9-f&quot; width=&quot;334&quot; height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Des canaux sombres, des glycines comme des surprises color&#xe9;es, et la mer au fond, avec la forme d&apos;une &#xee;le au loin qu&apos;on distingue &#xe0; peine, un matin o&#xf9; le ciel &#xe9;tait l&#xe9;r&#xe8;rement voil&#xe9;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;Dark canals, surprising and colourful wisteria, and the sea in the far background, with the barely visible shape of an island right in the middle, one morning when the sky was a slightly overcast.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/85/88/401767/86206726_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/85/88/401767/86206726_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;10-cannaregio-pont&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;323&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Bizarrement, j&apos;ai cherch&#xe9; pendant 3 jours avant de trouver &quot;le&quot; pont que je voulais croquer. Les autres, trop propres, trop sombres, trop loin, ou pas comme je voulais... Mais celui l&#xe0;, avec ses briques sales, les herbes qui poussent comme sur un vieil ami, il m&apos;a plu. Comme quoi, il ne suffit pas d&apos;&#xea;tre pont &#xe0; Venise, encore faut-il avoir une aura. Coup de &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: line-through;&quot;&gt;foudre&lt;/span&gt; croquis!&amp;nbsp; ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;Strangely enough, I had to wait three days before finding &quot;the&quot; bridge I felt like sketching. The others, too sweet, too clean, too pretty, too far, too dark, or just not the right ones... But this one, with its dirty bricks, the wild grass sprouting here and there amicably, I liked it instantly. Being a bridge in Venice is sometimes just not enough, you need some spark. &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: line-through;&quot;&gt;Love&lt;/span&gt; Sketch at first sight! ;-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 06:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>canaux / canals</title><dc:creator>Giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/05/10/27062827.html</link><category>Balades autour de la France</category><category>carnet de voyage</category><category>Italie Italy</category><category>travel sketchbook</category><category>vacances</category><category>Venise Venice</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/05/10/27062827.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/27062827/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/05/10/27062827.html</guid><description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/90/26/401767/86206636_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/90/26/401767/86206636_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;7-ponte-dei-conzafelzi&quot; width=&quot;338&quot; height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Des enfilades de ponts, des enfilades de maisons, des toits entrem&#xe9;l&#xe9;s, des reflets, des ombres, des barques, des gens partout, ... Venise n&apos;est pas si simple &#xe0; croquer...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;Bridges after bridges, weird perspectives, roofs a madness, shadows, reflections, boats, people every where, ... Venice is not that simple to sketch...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/48/15/401767/86206672_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/48/15/401767/86206672_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;8-ponte-dei-greci&quot; width=&quot;332&quot; height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Une vue qui m&apos;a plue, mais des perspectives toutes foir&#xe9;es... Avec un peu de couleur, il a quand m&#xea;me meilleure mine que juste croqu&#xe9;. Les italiens appellent le maquillage &quot;il trucco&quot; (c&apos;est truqu&#xe9;?). J&apos;adore! Ca marche aussi pour les croquis!! ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;I liked the sight, but the perspectives went all wrong... With a little bit of colour it looks much better than just sketched. The italians call make up &quot;il trucco&quot; (the trick?). I love it! It&amp;nbsp; also works for sketches!!&lt;/span&gt; ;-)&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 06:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Venise et Murano / Venice and Murano </title><dc:creator>Giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/05/06/27062707.html</link><category>Balades autour de la France</category><category>carnet de voyage</category><category>Italie Italy</category><category>travel sketchbook</category><category>vacances</category><category>Venise Venice</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/05/06/27062707.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/27062707/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/05/06/27062707.html</guid><description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/19/22/401767/86206122_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/19/22/401767/86206122_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;6-hotel-Liassidi&quot; width=&quot;329&quot; height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;en voici un que j&apos;aime beaucoup, m&#xea;me si la perspective n&apos;est pas au top... Nous avons mang&#xe9; dans une trattoria sur le quai, juste en face de l&apos;entr&#xe9;e de cet h&#xf4;tel Liassidi, &#xe0; deux pas du Ponte dei Greci, et j&apos;ai donc eu le temps d&apos;en faire le croquis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;Here&apos;s one I like a lot, even if the perspective is not perfect... We ate in a trattoria out along a canal, right in front of the entrance of this hotel Liassidi, near the Ponte dei Greci. I had ample time to sketch it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/55/88/401767/86206149_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/55/88/401767/86206149_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;3-cimitero&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;323&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Nous sommes all&#xe9;s &#xe0; Murano, et voici l&apos;&#xee;le-cimeti&#xe8;re Cimiterro vue de Murano. Pas tr&#xe8;s r&#xe9;ussi, mais bon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;We went to Murano, and here&apos;s the cemetery-island called Cimiterro. Not my best one.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/66/73/401767/86206182_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/66/73/401767/86206182_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;4-Murano&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;303&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Un croquis d&apos;une place &#xe0; Murano&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;A sketch of a piazza on Murano&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/05/93/401767/86206212_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/05/93/401767/86206212_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;5-campanile-fontaine&quot; width=&quot;324&quot; height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Un campanile &#xe0; Murano et une fontaine croqu&#xe9;e &#xe0; Venise m&#xea;me, dans le quartier Cannaregio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;A campanile in Murano and a fountain in Venice itself, in Cannaregio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 06:02:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mais bien s&#xfb;r... / Of course...</title><dc:creator>Giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/05/03/27059870.html</link><category>Balades autour de la France</category><category>carnet de voyage</category><category>Italie Italy</category><category>travel sketchbook</category><category>vacances</category><category>Venise Venice</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/05/03/27059870.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/27059870/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/05/03/27059870.html</guid><description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/97/42/401767/86193986_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/97/42/401767/86193986_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;2-gondole-fenetre&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;324&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;... nous revenons d&apos;Italie. Nous sommes all&#xe9;s passer une semaine dans le Veneto, dont 4 jours &#xe0; Venise.&lt;br /&gt;... we&apos;ve just come back from Italy. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;We &apos;ve just spent one week in the Veneto, 4 days in Venice itself.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 06:02:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Un dernier indice / One last clue</title><dc:creator>Giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/05/02/27059687.html</link><category>Balades autour de la France</category><category>vacances</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/05/02/27059687.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/27059687/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/05/02/27059687.html</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Pas facile de vous montrer des croquis, car tous vous donneraient la r&#xe9;ponse... Alors aujourd&apos;hui l&apos;indice sera en mot:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;It&apos;s not easy to show you sketches as all of them are far too obvious... So today the clue will be written:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Quelqu&apos;un a mentionn&#xe9; le pays dans les commentaires, mais la ville n&apos;a pas encore &#xe9;t&#xe9; trouv&#xe9;e...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;Somebody mentioned the country, but the city has not been found yet...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Manet vient d&apos;y retourner... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;Manet has just returned there...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Alors? Alors? Alors?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;So?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 06:46:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Voici un indice / here&apos;s a clue</title><dc:creator>Giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/05/01/27057213.html</link><category>Balades autour de la France</category><category>vacances</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/05/01/27057213.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/27057213/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/05/01/27057213.html</guid><description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/79/19/401767/86183687_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/79/19/401767/86183687_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;1-vue-appart&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;326&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Quoi, &#xe7;a vous aide pas trop? C&apos;&#xe9;tait la vue de l&apos;appartement que nous avions lou&#xe9;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;Doesn&apos;t it help? It was the view from the appartment we had rented.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/85/45/401767/86183713_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/85/45/401767/86183713_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;5-fontaine&quot; width=&quot;280&quot; height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Allez, un deuxi&#xe8;me indice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;There you are, a second clue.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Alors?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;So?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 19:15:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quelques jours &#xe0; ... / A few days in ...</title><dc:creator>Giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/04/30/27048501.html</link><category>Balades autour de la France</category><category>vacances</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/04/30/27048501.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/27048501/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/04/30/27048501.html</guid><description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/07/82/401767/86146798_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/07/82/401767/86146798_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;b-IMG_9446&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Devinez ! &lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;/ Guess!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:13:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mon ange / My angel</title><dc:creator>Giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/04/07/26862938.html</link><category>aquarelle / watercolour</category><category>plong&#xe9;e diving</category><category>poisson fish</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/04/07/26862938.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/26862938/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/04/07/26862938.html</guid><description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Le mois d&apos;avril a commenc&#xe9; sans moi sur le web... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;April has started without me noticing it...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/32/59/401767/85401940_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/32/59/401767/85401940_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;ange&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;323&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Voici mon poisson pr&#xe9;f&#xe9;r&#xe9;, le Pomacanthus Paru, l&apos;Ange Fran&#xe7;ais. Un poisson si calme, aux couleurs profondes; j&apos;ai toujours fait des rencontres magiques avec lui en plong&#xe9;e.&amp;nbsp; J&apos;ai toujours eu l&apos;impression d&apos;une relation particuli&#xe8;re entre lui et moi, comme s&apos;il me comprenait jusqu&apos;au plus profond.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;Here&apos;s my favourite fish by far, Pomacanthus Paru, the French Angelfish. Always calm, with deep fascinating colours; our meetings under water have always been kind of magic. I&apos;ve always felt some special relationship between us, as if it undertsood me deep down.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;C&apos;est une vieille aquarelle que j&apos;avais peinte en 2000, mais qui est toujours tr&#xe8;s ch&#xe8;re &#xe0; mes yeux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;It&apos;s an old watercolour I painted in 2000, but it still means a lot to me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Tant &#xe0; faire et tant de choses &#xe0; rattraper!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;so much to do, so much to catch up!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Je suis d&#xe9;bord&#xe9;e en ce moment, mais j&apos;esp&#xe8;re bien pouvoir reprendre blog et pinceau aux beaux jours qu&apos;on attend tous!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;I&apos;m busy up to my neck, but I hope it&apos;s going to quieten down a bit, and I can paint again soon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Les t&#xe2;ches, histoire &#xe0; suivre (4) / Smudges (4)</title><dc:creator>Giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/03/22/26533372.html</link><category>Comment je fais (tutos) / How I do it</category><category>couleur colours</category><category>nature morte</category><category>still life</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/03/22/26533372.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/26533372/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/03/22/26533372.html</guid><description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Ne pas &#xea;tre inspir&#xe9;?&lt;br /&gt;Ne pas savoir quoi peindre?&lt;br /&gt;Ne pas savoir comment d&#xe9;marrer? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;You&apos;re not inspired?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;You don&apos;t know what to paint?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;You don&apos;t know how to start?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Voici comment je fais:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;Here&apos;s how I do:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Ne pas se laisser d&#xe9;courager par des t&#xe2;ches qui n&apos;inspirent rien. Par exemple les &quot;T&#xe2;ches 3&quot; que je vous ai montr&#xe9; l&apos;autre jour:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;You mustn&apos;t feel let down because the smudges you made on your canvas are just ... smudges. That&apos;s what they are, for now. Here&apos;s that one I showed the other day:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/42/39/401767/84220618_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/42/39/401767/84220618_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;taches-3a&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;449&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;T&#xe2;ches C version 1&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Oui, bon, voil&#xe0;. Rien de plus. Mais ne pas oublier que ce n&apos;est qu&apos;un fond, et il suffit parfois l&apos;ajout d&apos;un &#xe9;l&#xe9;ment au premier plan pour que ce qui n&apos;&#xe9;tait sans queue ni t&#xea;te prenne soudain une autre dimension:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;You see it&apos;s not very inspiring; but don&apos;t forget it&apos;s only meant to be a background, and sometimes you only need to add something in the foreground and the whole painting takes on another dimension:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/21/75/401767/84220670_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/21/75/401767/84220670_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;taches-3b&quot; width=&quot;448&quot; height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;T&#xe2;ches C version 2&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Bon, ce n&apos;est pas encore &#xe7;a, mais c&apos;est d&#xe9;j&#xe0; mieux; et soudain le fond on s&apos;en fiche un peu, hein? Maintenant c&apos;est la composition qui coince. Une tasse, toute b&#xea;te, &#xe7;a ne raconte rien. Et si on rajoutait autre chose &#xe0; c&#xf4;t&#xe9;? Une cuill&#xe8;re? un biscuit?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;Ok, we are still not there yet, but it&apos;s already better; and suddenly you don&apos;t care about the background anymore, and you become obsessed with the composition! A simple mug is boring, it doesn&apos;t tell any story. How about I added something else next to it? A spoon? a biscuit?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/60/33/401767/84220708_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/60/33/401767/84220708_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;taches-3c&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;449&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;T&#xe2;ches C version 3&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;... et pourquoi pas un sachet de th&#xe9; utilis&#xe9;? Et puis quelques fleurs sur la tasse pour qu&apos;elle soit moins ... tasse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;... and why not a used tea bag? And then some flowers on the mug to make it less ... mug.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/09/72/401767/84220754_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/09/72/401767/84220754_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;taches-3d&quot; width=&quot;449&quot; height=&quot;450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;T&#xe2;ches C version 4&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;... et puis les fleurs peuvent voler partout, m&#xea;me sur le fond. Reprendre les couleurs ici ou l&#xe0;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;... and then the flowers can fly anywhere on the background. Touch up the colours here and there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;C&apos;est d&#xe9;j&#xe0; nettement mieux, non? Attendons un peu avant de g&#xe2;cher quoique ce soit. A ce stade, on en a plein les yeux et continuer pourrait nuire au tableau.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;It&apos;s so much better, isn&apos;t it? Let&apos;s wait a little now. At this stage, your eyes have had enough and if you continued, you might spoil it all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:22:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Les t&#xe2;ches, histoire &#xe0; suivre (3) / Smudges (3)</title><dc:creator>Giocka</dc:creator><link>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/03/16/26533748.html</link><category>Comment je fais (tutos) / How I do it</category><category>acrylic</category><category>acrylique</category><category>fleurs</category><category>flowers</category><comments>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/03/16/26533748.html#comments</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/feeds/rss/comments/post/26533748/</wfw:commentRss><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cardsandstuff.canalblog.com/archives/2013/03/16/26533748.html</guid><description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Que peindre? Comment faire &#xe9;voluer un tableau? Comment transformer un tableau? Comment partir s&apos;un tableau qui ne vous pla&#xee;t plus? Autant de questions que l&apos;on se pose &#xe0; un moment ou un autre quand on peint.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;What to paint? How can a painting evolve? How to transform a painting? How to start from a painting you don&apos;t like anymore? One day or another, you will ask yourself one of these questions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Le d&#xe9;marrage d&apos;un tableau est toujours probl&#xe9;matique. T&#xe2;ches B est un vieux tableau que j&apos;ai voulu recouvrir pour en faire autre chose. Je n&apos;ai gard&#xe9; aucune photo du tableau de d&#xe9;part (si criard) car je ne pensais pas avoir besoin d&apos;y faire r&#xe9;f&#xe9;rence un jour, pensant faire quelque chose de si totalement diff&#xe9;rent que le premier tableau serait sans int&#xe9;r&#xea;t. Il s&apos;agissait de fleurs roses et blanches sur un fond vert-jaune assez dur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;Starting a painting can be a problem. With Smudges B, I started with an old painting I didn&apos;t like. It used to be pink and white flowers on a horrible yellow green background. I didn&apos;t keep any photo of that painting, as I didn&apos;t think I would need it, thinking I would do something so totally different the first painting would be irrelevant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Voici la premi&#xe8;re version que je vous avais montr&#xe9;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;Here&apos;s the first version i had shown:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;T&#xe2;ches B &lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;/ Smudges B&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;br /&gt;Etape 1 &lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;/ Step 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/59/71/401767/84222078_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/59/71/401767/84222078_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;taches-2a&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;323&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Par contraste avec les couleurs dures, j&apos;ai bien aim&#xe9; la douceur de ces t&#xe2;ches comme du coton.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;By contrast with the harshness of the colours, I loved the softness of these smudges.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Voici l&apos;&#xe9;tape 2 &lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;/ Here&apos;s step 2:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/81/20/401767/84222111_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/81/20/401767/84222111_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;taches-2b&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;324&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Les fleurs sont revenues, mais plus l&#xe9;g&#xe8;res, moins d&#xe9;finies, plus parfum&#xe9;es...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;the flowers are back, but lighter, less defined, more fragrant...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;- : je suis retomb&#xe9;e sur le m&#xea;me genre de tableau qu&apos;il y avait au d&#xe9;part. Je n&apos;ai pas r&#xe9;ussi &#xe0; me d&#xe9;tacher de ces fleurs...&lt;br /&gt;J&apos;aime pas trop la fleur du haut, &#xe0; droite&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;- : I ended up with the same style of painting. I didn&apos;t manage to forget those flowers... &lt;br /&gt;I don&apos;t quite like the flower in the top right hand corner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;+ : il faut quand m&#xea;me admettre qu&apos;elles sont bien mieux maintenant qu&apos;elles ne l&apos;&#xe9;taient au d&#xe9;part. &lt;br /&gt;Et j&apos;ai r&#xe9;ussi &#xe0; conserver le c&#xf4;t&#xe9; cotonneux.&lt;br /&gt;J&apos;aime beaucoup les deux fleurs en bas &#xe0; gauche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;+ : I must admit they are much better than they used to be. I managed to keep that soft cotton-like aspect I liked. &lt;br /&gt;I like the two flowers in the bottom left hand corner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Voici l&apos;&#xe9;tape 3 &lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;/ Here&apos;s step 3:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/90/84/401767/84667312_o.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; src=&quot;http://storage.canalblog.com/90/84/401767/84667312_p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;taches-B3&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;325&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Bon, j&apos;aime mieux la fleur de droite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;I like the right flower better now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Je suis contente du r&#xe9;sultat mais un peu m&#xe9;fiante des tableaux qui viennent trop vite, et surtout un peu d&#xe9;&#xe7;ue de ne pas m&apos;&#xea;tre &#xe9;loign&#xe9;e du sujet initial. J&apos;aurais peut-&#xea;tre du le retourner? Passer du modelling paste pour en changer la structure?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;I&apos;m happy with the result, but a bit wary of paintings that come too fast, and most of all, I&apos;m a little disappointed that I didn&apos;t stray far enough from the original painting. Should I have turned it around? Cover some parts with modeling paste to alter the structure?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Attendons un peu et laissons le m&#xfb;rir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808000;&quot;&gt;Let&apos;s wait and see.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 07:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>