Cute night owl

Of course I know owls sleep during daytime... but this one was particularly cute with closed eyes ^^
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

I wish you a merry christmas, I wish you a merry christmas, I wish you a merry christmas,and a happy new year ! ~♥

wedding invitation!

I did this "wedding" invitation for friends. It's not a wedding because in France we have something called "pacs" that is alike but easier to stop than a divorce or what. It's the step before the wedding if I can say! Hope you like it as much as my friends ♥

Don't forget to enter my givaway simply by commenting my 100th blogpost ! You can win some amazing gifts and you have until june 23rd! ♥

The castle upon the hill

The castle upon the hill! I spent a LOOOOOOOT of time on it.... Especially on the rocks of the castle ;_; I thought i was gonna die in front of my computer XD Enjoy ♥

highlands

highlands. I tried 2 other color tests : by night, and sunset. I like it n_n

Little forest

Maybe it's not magical, but to me it is n_n I LOVE nature !

BBQ time

Aww it's so rainy here, I DREAM about a bbq!

I tried oils and abstract art !

Hello! I woke up this morning and I knew I had a quest : going to the supply store, buy canvas and oil paints. And I fullfilled my quest! I like testing new things, and today I want to share with you what I made. BUT beware, it's not the kind of stuffs I draw/paint usually! The first 3 ones are made with acrylics, I began those a long time ago and today I felt inspired. They are 30x30cm x2 + 18x24cm. The second one is what I made with my all new oil paints, 60x80cm. It's unusuall for me to work with those paints, and moreover to paint abstract, but I must admitt I really enjoyed it! I had a lot of fun (isn't it the more important?), and I think that when it will be dry (in a year or so ;______; ) I will proudly expose it on a wall! I thinks I'm gonna retry very soon! Hope you like it, even if you're not used to see that kind of stuffs on my blog ;p

A cute owl

I like owls! Acrylic painting 4x6" ! On sale on etsy : http://www.etsy.com/listing/97217882/cute-owl-painting-4-x-6-10-x-15-cm

Contest Gift

Here is the gift for Alexia, she won my november contest! It took so long because she gave me her choice only in february, then I went to Rome, so the time for me to think about it and do it (between 2 computer problems...) and here it is!

Couple portrait commission

Portrait of my friends Paolo & Sophie :)

Sunday Prayer

Sometimes, silence is very pleasant.

Have a lovely week!

Bagheera - Comission

Here is a commission I made for my friend Elodie :) Acrylics 20x15cm

By the way, if you want a picture from me, I can make it to order. Visit my deviantart journal for more informations :)

Dr Sketchy's Anti Art School

Hey! I've been last thursday at Beaubourg with Dr Sketchy's Anti Art School! Here are some sketches I drew :

Back from Rome + Links

Hey everybody, I'm back with wonderful memories! Plus, I updated the links section, If you want to be linked, comment there. ( You will be kindly asked to link me too :) )

Leaving for Italy

Hi buddies! I'm leaving for Rome in few days, I must admit I'm kinda worried, because of the snow... plus, the air transport companies are striking, so I will be lucky if I can go there! I already booked everything so I would be disappointed if I can't go. I wanted to illustrate my future trip in the snow! I would be very lucky if I can go WITH the snow n_n

About Talent & Work

Hello everyone. Today no picture, no illustration, no watercolors, cg nor acrylics, I wanted to write a little bit about a reflection I had lately. Bobby Chiu made an interesting post on G+ I wanted to share,  and I thought it would be interesting to develop the concept. What is talent about? A lot of people seems to consider that the talent is a gift, a blessing not everyone has the right to, something you are, like, "you are talented", something you always have been, like you've been drawing super very extremely well since you're a baby!

I'm not that pessimistic. I think that what those people call "talent" means in reality "a lot of work". It would be so sad that some people would be gifted by that talent, those people would be the only ones that has the true right to do something with their talent, and the others can't have this gift, so they would be doing something else. I don't believe that. I believe that if someone tries and work and study very hard he can become a "talented" people. It's not something you have until you're a baby, it is something you develop by hardworking on it. Otherwise, it would be very unfair and there would be no hope for a lot of artists. And I like to think that everyone has its chance to do what they love, and can reach their goal with hard work, perseverance and determination.

For exemple in art, what people call "talent" is a combination of good observation, good connection eye-brain-hand made by a lot of training, imagination (that can be developed too), inspirations, mixing inspiration and personal experiences, etc., plus years of training trying to figure out the best way to put all this together. Then, an 30 y.o. artist that began his interest in art at 10 should be more talented than an artist of the same age that began his interest at 20 of course. BUT the fact is that it is not really like that, because the "latest vocation" artist has a lot of delays to catch up and then works harder and under pressure and so works better and finally they should be at the same level, if done properly.

Also, as a lot of people thinks that the "talent" is a god blessed gift that the artists has since they are born,  a lot of people give no value to their work. I mean not an artistic value but a financial value. At least it is like that in France. As you are gifted and had no effort, no work to upgrade your skills (since you are talented), why should I pay you for your work? You should be thankful I give you an occupation,like "hey you're my friend and your drawings are nice, would you make one for me please? i have no money but you will have the satisfaction of drawing for me, and i'm awesome! moreover it makes you one more illustration for your portfolio!" , but an artist, it is well known, is a different species. We may live on earth, but we have no house to pay, we don't have to eat neither.... and our only wish is to make art all day, we have no other occupation in our lives.... That is how a lot of people non-artists I have met seems to think... Or at least seemed to think before I asked them why shouldn't we get (well) paid for our work...

So to me, the word "talented" is now banished from my vocabulary, I prefer to use the word "hard-worker". Feel free to comment this post if you have any reflection to do about it, tell me if you agree or don't agree, or just to say "hi" ^^

kisses to all the artists and non-artists that support art,
tam

Meme summary of art 2011

Hello! On deviantart I found a meme that looked fun to do so, I did it! Here is my summary of art 2011, and I realized I haven't been really regular, because for 2 months I had to cheat! I realized that there were months when I was really productive, and others not at all! I'll make this change for 2012!

Kisses,
Tam

Aries watercolor illustration - zodiac sign 1 of 12

Hey! As I showed you few days ago, I was working on a serie of 12 illustrations : the 12 zodiaques. I tried to be creative and using cute girlies as usual, cause i like them a lot, you know it. Anyway, this is the first of the twelve watercolors i made, and i hope, as usual, you'll like it. This one is for those who are born between march 21st and april 20th : Aries. And, as usual, on sale on Etsy (and there are also some extra pictures if you want to check).

 The watercolors are not yet signed, I'll sign them when it's bought, that way the ink will be the same for the signature & the few words i'll write for the buyer if i'm asked for.

Here's an extra photo of the sketch i made first. I like those sketches because they are very rough and spontaneous!