A little colouring project for the younger ones this Autumn ...

Holidays ! Time to go green, an escape to the countryside ! :-)

Like a French lady .... in a café !

Illustration Friday : "Fragile"

 

"Shelter" is part of a set of illustrations conveying ecological messages and the idea that Earth depends on man, who depends on Earth. Earth is our fragile shelter.

 

Illustration Friday : "Beard" !

Barbe Bleue (Bluebeard) was a dark character invented by Charles Perrault....not a very easy fairy tale for younger audiences I must say !

Illustration Friday : "Summer"

C'est l'été ! Summer is here ! :-)

La belle bleue ..!

Nom d'une pipe en bois !!!

Here comes the sun ! Have a look at my little boy's blog and all his creations ....

 

To see more of this, go on :

http://artybenjamin5yearold.blogspot.co.uk

Illustration Friday : "Temptation" ...

 

I am currently working on a nautical theme and ships in bottles so I created this curious little boy tempted to fish for an extra toy boat....

Editorial illustration " How to meditate : a primer for people who don't like to meditate"

 

 My attempt to illustrate an article about meditation (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/grace-suh-coscia-lac-diplom/meditate_b_5059704.html?utm_hp_ref=healthy-%C2%AD%E2%80%90living)
for my Lilla Rogers' MATS Bootcamp assignment.
Below is my initial sketch, next time I will experiment more with traditional media, as it is my favourite part of the creative process ...!

 

The sketch below was my initial idea, I then developed it into something completely different. I also had to use different shades of blue as a main colour palette.

 

 

Illustration Friday : "retro"

 

 

Illustration Friday : " Voyage "

"Robot has lost its parts and is not feeling well ..." an adventure illustrated by my little 5 year-old Benjamin :-)

 

More of Benjamin's pretty pictures on his blog :

http://artybenjamin5yearold.blogspot.co.uk

Illustration Friday : " Natural"

My Easter little Mermaid ...

Illustration Friday : "Sizzle" !

Pinch punch, 1st of the month, no return !!

 

Just a quick fishy illustration, French tradition is to stick paper fish on people's backs on 1st of April!

Illustration Friday : "red" !

Bolt fabric design, all refreshed !

International francophonie Day ! Journée internationale de la francophonie !

Bolt fabric design with jelly theme ... bon appétit ! (work in progress !)

Jelly, jelly ..... work in progress, experimenting with colours and textures :-)

 

My new project ... drawing jelly ! :-)

 

Experimenting with different textures....

 

Back from the private view at Plymouth Council House where my illustrations are displayed...

 

 

Lighthouse....being inspired by Plymouth?!

Illustration Friday : "Space" !

Au petit poil ! Petit clin d'oeil à une récente histoire d'actualité ....

Design for a phone cover ...

For the Lilla Rogers Bootcamp's first assignment, we had to design a phone cover using the theme of cuckoo clocks and experimenting with a new colour palette.

Catalogue of the Council House exhibition

Catalogue of the exhibition at the Council House is available on this link :

http://councilhouseart.wordpress.com/artists-and-exhibitions/current-exhibitors/

 

 

 

Samples of my artwork are exhibited in Plymouth Council House, from 7 Feb to 1 April 2014.

Public access to current exhibition
There will be a series of informal talks by a number of the exhibiting artists between 12 and 1pm on the following dates. There is no need to book.
Wednesday 26 February Cllr Penberthy plus artists
Wednesday 5 March artists
Wednesday 19 March artists
Tuesday 1 April Cllr Penberthy plus artists
The Council House will remain open until 2pm on each of these dates for public viewing of the exhibition.

More details can be found on the Council House's website:

http://councilhouseart.wordpress.com/news-and-events/

My "homes" picture will be exhibited at Cambridge School of Art until 21/02.

http://www.facebook.com/CambridgeInternationalArts.

http://cambridgeinternationalarts.wordpress.com/art-competition/

 

http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/microsites/studentexhibitions/archive_201314/homes.html

Illustration Friday : Prehistoric !

Among the last 50 finalists (out of 600 +), poster I made for an Italian film festival competition, please like my poster on Giffoni Facebook page :-)

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152224270758832&set=a.10152224266908832.1073741851.41607193831&type=1&theater

Disguise ...

http://illustrationfriday.com/artwork/benedicte-barrett/?fb_action_ids=10152160677034712&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_ref=.Uuoud0kHk6c.like&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210152160677034712%22%3A771914052838006%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210152160677034712%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%7B%2210152160677034712%22%3A%22.Uuoud0kHk6c.like%22%7D

I didn't do my homework because ... a giant snail ate my activity sheet !

 

Following the idea of Illustrator Benjamin Chaud, I created my own excuse for not doing my homework ...!

 

 

http://nouvelles-des-livres-helium.blogspot.fr/2014/01/je-nai-pas-fait-mes-devoirs-parce-que.html

Playing around the concept of "home" or "nest" ...

 "Haven"

"Shelter"

 

"Homes"


Also check my Facebook page :

https://www.facebook.com/BenedicteBarrettIllustrations