In the style of

A few pages to complete a watercolor paperpad representing animals.

The new project is to paint "in the style of", which opens a wide range of possibilities.

JI begin with Alphonse Mucha who was the darling of the early 20th century, with vaporous women contrasting over geometrical forms.

I start with the main character, the mouse, giving her a pose similar to that of these distant women.

Mice have simple shapes, I am looking for a compromise between a human pose and the morphology of the animal.

Geometric shapes are a bit difficult to make freehand. I'm trying to style 'Art Nouveau' at the bottom left.

Mucha
The Trappist

What is nice about this project is to be able to switch to completely different styles.

With Bernard Buffet, the expression is in the line. I imagine mice of all styles, eventually choose 2 the way of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.

The lines are strong and in ink, I take my inkwell out of my stuff.

The eyes are also stylized, I take those of a horse's head (see opposite).

When to colors, I opt for (Mouse!) gray and yellow.

 

Horse head, 99X73cm
Bernard Buffet

We have reached the last page.

I have been working on these projects for 2 years. What to finish? I think of the next waterpad; what theme shall I choose, what format?

Not too small, because it's good to leave white areas to breathe the drawing.

Lost in my thoughts, I say to myself: why not The Thinker? The pose is not suitable for a mouse, and also painting bronze on watercolor is not so easy ... Bet on it?

 

The Thinker, 1880
Auguste Rodin

The notebook is finished, I have to shoot a video.

I had already worked quite a bit on the previous project. But video composition compares to watercolor, you never stop learning.

I model the exact notebook on Maya, the shapes are simple, it's pretty fast.

I finish the zooms and lights on Daz3D, a little patience for the Rendering, voila.

Then, for each drawing, I prepare a little story that corresponds to the artist: expressionism for Buffet, melancholy for Laurencin, naiveté for Sempé etc.

The first, Mucha, is taken from a nice clip on the Expo 2018, I put myself on the track.

Some details on the video: it is stalled completely on the music of Einaudi. For example, the color drops of the end logo coincide with the last 3 notes of the music.

I did a lot of work on animations (clowns, the mouse) and still looking for how to animate characters in a fluid way.