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When watercolor and set design meet in a wonderful project!

[by Marion Rivolier from Paris, France]



Some of you know that I am a painter, but I am also a scenographer for museum and for the theater.
Right now, I am working on a very interesting project: the play “Traversée” is the story of the migration of a young woman who leaves her country and her mother to reach a better life. It is a bilingual play: french and FSL (French Sign Language) with one deaf and one non-hearing-impaired stage actress.
We began the rehearsals in October in Bourgogne, in a small town in Eastern France.


The theater troupe works with three set elements I designed. The three elements are made of wood. The actresses move them to change the stage, and to create the different locations of the story.
Screens are stretched out on some these elements, and my watercolors are projected onto them.
So this project is the meeting of my two specialties: set design and watercolor!
The show will be premiered at the Théâtre Granit in Belfort in November, and in other locations in Eastern France next year.

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Meet the correspondent Erika Brandner Santiago Chile

I live in Santiago de Chile. I am a founding member of Urban Sketchers Chile, a graphic designer and tour guide for German speaking tourists that visit Santiago, Valparaiso Port and the surrounding vineyard valleys.

As a graphic designer I worked for many years in the graphic and advertising industry. But inside of me there was that voice that urged me to create art. So, one day I took the risk to pursue that dream as an independent artist and illustrator. Since making the change I have illustrated books, captured cultural events, created postcards and souvenirs from Chile.


I describe myself as “a drawer that watercolors,” because I am in love with lines and hatching and I am in wonder of all the textures and shades you can achieve with just a pen. In my drawings I include everything I see without changing or moving elements, because I am a believer that theres no ugly subject for a good observer. Sometimes I only use ink hatching but when I add watercolor it is at the very end and I always try to get as close to reality as possible.

I look for achieving the flow status while creating. Today I am not using the traditional method of sketching any more (measuring, composing, auxiliar lines, etc). I simply begin by choosing a “main character” – a detail or a part of the view that captured my attention at the first glance. After some fast measurements with the pen method I begin to draw this detail or part directly with ink on paper. Slowly, very slowly the drawing gets larger until I have to stop because I feel that it is finished. It is like a moving meditation, no thinking at all… In the case of capturing people in motion, speed and gesture are required but flow continues to be the key.

Visit Erikas webpage to see more of her work.

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