Inspiration

elise — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:02:06 +0000

I can’t paint without music. I mean, I probably can but I wouldn’t want to. It’s the same with illustrating books and so it turns out that every book gets a soundtrack of music that keeps me in the mood.

For this exhibition I seem to be hooked on…

Sarah Blasko – especially As Day Follows Night (but all of hers really)
Jazz – Ella & Louis, Django Reinhardt, Manouche, big band swing… something with a beat that gets in your bones.
And my current obsession – Emilie Simon’s Vegetal.

Which made me wonder – what music inspires you? Is there something you can’t work without? And does it change with different projects?

Mondoodle 25-01-10

elise — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:37:01 +0000

On Saturday night Peter and I went back to the Paris Cat. A birthday soiree for me. We caught the tram in and walked through the city. I brought a mounted print of the sketch from the last time we were there… and as a lovely surprise they gave us a beautiful bottle of champagne. The music was brilliant, the mood was right and we’ll be back again very soon if I have anything to say about it!

And of course I couldn’t sit there without drawing in the dim light with music all around me…

Playing: Steve Sedergreen – piano, Mal Sedergreen – saxophones,
Nick Haywood – bass (sorry Nick – my view was blocked), Ted Vining – drums.

It’s close enough to a Monday drawing. And besides I have a cold and am relegated to a couch in a slight stupor.

Paris Cat on Saturday January 23 and finished on the couch Monday evening, January 25, 2010.

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Inspiration

Mondoodle 25-01-10