My Mona Lisa...

Hi guys!

Okay, so today, I will talk about my first painting I made in South Africa, Cape Town , I call it "My Mona Lisa". 

We basically just arrived, and rented a furnished flat for the beginning, so I didn't have all my material and tools with me,  so decided to go for a smaller canvas, and maybe work on a woman's portrait, I wanted to get the african feel of course but without losing my style (did I have a style at that point? not sure!!! So maybe, I should say: without losing "myself" or something like this!!!). 

Made a few sketches first but could not come up with THE face... until I did :-)

In the search of THE face...

I actually had this postcard to help me, it's a photo by Peter Maltbie, I loved the "The queen" feel" in it, I wanted something like this in my painting, 

The pic is actually featuring The Cast gold "beads" of the Baule of Ivory which you can see at the Gold of Africa Museum, in Cape Town.

The choice of colors came to me after we went to visit the Gold of Africa Museum of Cape Town, amazing museum, you can check their website for more info and pics, http://www.goldofafrica.com/.

the Gold of Africa Museum

They have their own restaurant, GOLD, with a wicked atmosphere and delicious food! A must do! See their review on the EatOut website, http://www.eatout.co.za/restaurants/5220/gold%C2%A0restaurant.

Where was I again? oh yeah, the colors.... I work with what I saw at the museum and this postcard below...

it's a picture of Craig Fraser, and it's from a book: Mud Chic, lifestyle and inspiration from the xhosa people of the Eastern Cape.

And there...

"My Mona Lisa", 2008

Miss Drey.

Hi guys!

Okay, so today, I will talk about my first painting I made in South Africa, Cape Town , I call it "My Mona Lisa". 

We basically just arrived, and rented a furnished flat for the beginning, so I didn't have all my material and tools with me,  so decided to go for a smaller canvas, and maybe work on a woman's portrait, I wanted to get the african feel of course but without losing my style (did I have a style at that point? not sure!!! So maybe, I should say: without losing "myself" or something like this!!!). 

Made a few sketches first but could not come up with THE face... until I did :-)

In the search of THE face...

I actually had this postcard to help me, it's a photo by Peter Maltbie, I loved the "The queen" feel" in it, I wanted something like this in my painting, 

The pic is actually featuring The Cast gold "beads" of the Baule of Ivory which you can see at the Gold of Africa Museum, in Cape Town.

The choice of colors came to me after we went to visit the Gold of Africa Museum of Cape Town, amazing museum, you can check their website for more info and pics, http://www.goldofafrica.com/.

the Gold of Africa Museum

They have their own restaurant, GOLD, with a wicked atmosphere and delicious food! A must do! See their review on the EatOut website, http://www.eatout.co.za/restaurants/5220/gold%C2%A0restaurant.

Where was I again? oh yeah, the colors.... I work with what I saw at the museum and this postcard below...

it's a picture of Craig Fraser, and it's from a book: Mud Chic, lifestyle and inspiration from the xhosa people of the Eastern Cape.

And there...

"My Mona Lisa", 2008

Miss Drey.

Matilda's Fancy Nancy little dress...

Hi guys!

As I said in my first post, I love making things, and just about anything I try to make...
Today, it's sewing time! I will dedicate my post to my super cool godmother, Naninotte who loves to sew and bead... I remembered her making all kind of stuff with me when I was little before she moved to live in Martinique in the Caribbean.

Here is a little dress that I sewed last summer for Matilda. It is a very simple dress, I picked the yellow fabric because this color is amazing on her!(and maybe because she would OD with the pink that she loved insanely at that time!!!) but she picked the blue and the grey ribbon (i didn't have any pink in my ribbon jar...). Matilda is a fan of the "Fancy Nancy" books (it's a little girl who customized anything in her life to be fancy, it is a very sweet book!)...

The first of the "Fancy Nancy" collection
illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser
Written by Jane O'Connor

...so I made a little hook on the front so she could attach different things on it, that day we made a little composition with a flower, feathers and ribbons...

"Et voilà!!!" as Fancy Nancy would say, she speaks some french because it's fancy!

Merci maman!!!...

Detail of the back

My princess in her new dress...

Check out les "délicailloux de Naninotte", http://lesdelicailloux.canalblog.com/

Merci Marraine for being the way you are, love you.

Miss Drey.

Hi guys!

As I said in my first post, I love making things, and just about anything I try to make...
Today, it's sewing time! I will dedicate my post to my super cool godmother, Naninotte who loves to sew and bead... I remembered her making all kind of stuff with me when I was little before she moved to live in Martinique in the Caribbean.

Here is a little dress that I sewed last summer for Matilda. It is a very simple dress, I picked the yellow fabric because this color is amazing on her!(and maybe because she would OD with the pink that she loved insanely at that time!!!) but she picked the blue and the grey ribbon (i didn't have any pink in my ribbon jar...). Matilda is a fan of the "Fancy Nancy" books (it's a little girl who customized anything in her life to be fancy, it is a very sweet book!)...

The first of the "Fancy Nancy" collection
illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser
Written by Jane O'Connor

...so I made a little hook on the front so she could attach different things on it, that day we made a little composition with a flower, feathers and ribbons...

"Et voilà!!!" as Fancy Nancy would say, she speaks some french because it's fancy!

Merci maman!!!...

Detail of the back

My princess in her new dress...

Check out les "délicailloux de Naninotte", http://lesdelicailloux.canalblog.com/

Merci Marraine for being the way you are, love you.

Miss Drey.