More Mural Love.

I'm still in mural loving mode from posting my pictures of the walls of Lyon, anyway here is another organization that does something similar but different style. Love Letter (love the name) involves mostly beautiful lettering. They are from Philadelphia, USA. Definitely a must see. 

Check their webpage for more @ http://www.aloveletterforyou.com/

PS: It also wakes my curiosity of doing a mural!

The Walls of Lyon, France

In Lyon I came across trompe l'oeils murals! Here you see many buildings in ONE wall. 

A library!!!

These murals are done by a pretty awesome organization called CITE CREATION

Important characters of France

Can you find the Little Prince?

I didn't get to see all the murals, but was so happy with the few I saw.

check them out @ http://www.cite-creation.com/eng/

Your Fundamental Tools.

Here's a very cool video from the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, about artists talking about the tools they use:

Here are some of the tools I use when illustrating, what tools do you use?

• Sakura Pigma Micron Pen
• Pentel Graph 500 mechanical pencil .03
• Staedtler Mars Technico Lead Holder
• Alvin Dry Cleaning Pad
• Cotman Watercolors
• Prismacolors
• Brown Ink + Dip pens
• Tracing Paper
• Fabriano watercolor paper

A Few Sketches From my Trip.

Parc La Grange, Geneve/Switzerland.

In front of the Natural History Museum, Geneve/Switzerland.

At the Natural History Museum, Geneve/Switzerland.

At the National History Museum, Geneve/Switzerland.

At the National History Museum, Geneve/Switzerland.

At the Patek Phillip Museum, Geneve/Switzerland.

At the Patek Phillip Museum, Geneve/Switzerland.

The Arianna Museum, Geneve/Switzerland.

Park Nations, Geneve/Switzerland. 

The view from my Hotel, Lyon/France.

It's always nice to just sit and sketch, and even more when you are at a new place.I'm also thinking of joining Urban Sketchers, a pretty cool organization about artists sketching in locations all over the world. If you haven't heard about them check them out at http://www.urbansketchers.org/.


So you will see me posting a lot of sketches on location here in the blog, I also created a set on my flickr account (which I barely use, but I have a feeling I will start using it a whole lot more) where I will be uploading my pictures.

The U.N. Nations and The Red Cross Museum in Geneva.

Being in Geneva  it was a must for me to visit the U.N Palais de Nations and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum. Two organizations that want to make the world a better place.

The United Nations and some of it's conferences room, My favorite the one with the colorful ceiling:

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum:

The Broken chair in front of the U.N. Click HERE for meaning.