5th Montgolfiades - Geneva International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta!

This weekend was the 5th Montgolfiades-Geneva International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta!

Here is the view from my french class, we were in the 6th floor, perfect view!

hahahahaha

It was fun to see hot air balloons popping out from random places

Love it!

Someone is a fan of  the Tazmanian devil!

Hope everyone is having a great week :)

My Suitcase/Traveling Art studio

Before leaving to Geneva, I mentioned I was getting THIS traveling studio suitcase to take with me along with my parent's old suitcase. I was just asked what my opinon about the traveling studio was, well here is my response:

I didn't end up getting it for several reasons 1: I didn't want to take two suitcases, 2: I decided to not take my watercolor stretch board, is way too heavy and 3: I really wasn't taking a lot of art supplies.

So instead I got THIS "Ful" suitcase that I came across in Cotsco, but you can get it HERE and I LOVE IT!!.  Here are some pics of the suitcase I proudly own:

On the lower level is where I packed all my art supplies, which includes:

• Watercolors
• Watercolor palette
• Watercolor paper
• Prismacolor color pencils
• Pencils
• 2 Cameras: Digital and Polaroid
• Brushes and Dip pens
• Inks
• 3 Sketchbooks
• Drafting tape

It all fit nicely in the bottom level, maybe when I'm packed up again I'll share a picture.

Geneva Botanical Gardens

A new beginning at the Geneva Botanic Gardens

Honey makers!

Above the honey makers, you'll find this fella.

One of the greenhouses

Took a break and sketched in my sketchbook 

ZEP

For the illustrator of the week, I though it would be nice to share the works of local artist ZEP, the signs that I shared HERE, where illustrated by him but he is famous for the comic "Titeuf". My cousin and her husband are big fan of his work and showed me where in their library I could access it, with my very basic french I was able to read most of it. It reminds me so much of my brother at that age and the adventures and trouble he and his friends will get into. Ah boys tsk tsk tsk :P 

Go check out his website here: http://www.zeporama.com/

While there click on "Les Carnets" to see his awesome sketchbooks of his traveling :)

An Illustrator Overseas: Geneva: Carouge

Carouge is one of the prettiest town in Geneve.

There are a lot of signs like this one, so far I've seen two types.

"Respect the environment"  how cute it brought a smile from me.

"Thank you for thinking of those sleeping" These signs are done by local illustrator ZEP 

I had to take a picture of this handsome fella, how could I refuse when he posed for me?.

I decided to add another category to my blog for my travels

"An Illustrator Overseas".

I'll try to keep them short and somehow with a connection 

to illustration or art.