Date 06 - Art Nouveau

I didn't find time for a "real" Artist Date this week, so I took some time to google some nice pictures of a style I really like and that inspires me: Art Nouveau

Date 05 - portraits/faces that inspire me

This is an ongoing date, where I try to find portraits that inspire me. I want to start painting portraits again in 2012.

Date 04 - Filing

A suggestion for an artist date I read somewhere is " Set a timer, and spend an hour working on something you’ve been putting off.". Well, filing is something I've been putting off for weeks, if not months. I finished the job today! Me happy :-)

Date 03 - Art Gallery - portraits by Igor Tishin

Today I did not have much time, so I spent half an hour in an art gallery near my home where they exhibit art work from amongst others the Russian painter Tishin Igor. His art appeals to me very much. I would also like to reach such a level in the field of portrait painting, still need a lot of practice ;-)

Date 02 - small nothings

Today I had my second "artist date". I am still in week 1 of the course so I am not doing things exactly by the book. I took a walk in my neigbourhood and made some pictures of places I passed by and visited between 17:00h and 20:00h.

This is the American fifties-style milk bar "Le Balmoral" on the ground floor of my appartment. Very colourful indeed. My daughter likes to have a banana milkshake there every now and then.

This is a children's clothes shop (Claude Hontoir) a few houses away. Very colourful too, but a litte too expensive for my taste.






I went to a second hand store "les Petits Riens" (literally translated: the small nothings) where I was in search of a colourful mug to drink tea in at work. I arrived at the shop at ten past five and the shop closed at 5:30 so I had little time to stroll around. But I did find a colourful Pocahontas mug and my eye also caught a little Gaudi-style cup, a souvenir item from Barcelona. These two items cost me 1.25 euros... I love Gaudi's mosaics; one day I want to be able to make these kinds of shiny mosaics myself. I have visited Barcelona several times by the way: a great place.

Then there suddenly appeared a lion behind a window: impressive!

I went into a arts shop "Lez-Arts-Cachés" where they sell all kinds of artsy stuff and because I could not resist, I bought a pair of wooden earrings (10 euro). I also talked to the lovely shop owner Virginie about arts and creativity and how she started the shop; I became a facebook friend of the shop.

Nijinsky is the second hand bookshop, where I bought a book that was on my To Read-list, "the five people you meet in Heaven" (5.50 euros)

Then I witnessed a scuffle between a cab driver and a client who apprantly did not want to pay the fee. " I want my money! I want my money!" Very inspiring ;-)

To end my trip, I went into a "resto bar" Banco!, where I had a nice penne carbonara and did some reading and writing.

Again a great date with the artist in me!

(next time i'll try not to spend money ;-))

Date 01 - Christmas Fair

1 hour spent with me, myself and I at the Christmas Fair in Brussels. Took some pictures. Bought a badge with a black and green peace sign for 4 euros. The sun was shining; I had a wonderful time.