by Julie | Feb 23, 2020 | Julie Lapointe, Montreal
For this week’s HES, I felt like drawing what came to mind each day, without any plan or specific intent. There’s not much unity in this week’s body of work. It ranges from abstract painting to tiny simplified animals, to more detailed illustrations. Gesso, acrylic,...
by Julie | Feb 16, 2020 | Julie Lapointe, Montreal
Our cat Roupie was hit by a car last Sunday and it left me a bit broken and empty. I won’t get into the specifics of why he was so important to us, but his sudden death, amidst all of what we’ve gone through these past years has taken a toll, and it makes the...
by Julie | Feb 9, 2020 | Collage, Julie Lapointe, Montreal
These are the new hens for this week’s HES. I also added a bit of vegetation. The next week will be spent drawing a few brooding hens and more plants. Soon, there should be enough material to work on a final collage. Gesso, acrylic, pastel pencils and white gel...
by Julie | Feb 2, 2020 | Collage, Julie Lapointe, Montreal
I’m starting to get the hen « attitude ». They feel looser and spunkier than the ones created last week. I’ve also been more efficient at drawing them; a big seven, plus eggs and houses instead of the three made the week before. The background that eluded me is...
by Julie | Jan 26, 2020 | Julie Lapointe, Montreal
I’ve started working on a special kind of farmyard, made up of half-hens, half-seed pods. I still have a long way to go; this is a slow process. I have three that are almost complete, but I still have to work on the details, create more hens, and some sort of...
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