Le Carnet de Purple

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2010-07-04T03:06:00.001-07:00

Hello guys!
I have a new blog/site for my French comics, which used to be located on lecarnetdepurple.com
Check them out here

Also I've been uploading new speed drawing videos on youtube.com/juliacmusic and new paintings on allonmymind.deviantart.com

Still tons of pictures on http://lia.galerie.online.fr/

Enjoy!

The Veronicas - Last painting of January 2010

2010-02-03T03:18:00.001-08:00

Painting n°7: Charmed 1x17

2010-01-30T08:00:00.000-08:00

After my Charmed painting, I wanted to do another, but in a more difficult way. I chose to represent the three original sisters and to paint a real background this time.

I spent 18 hours on it, working first on Holly Marie Combs, then doing Alyssa Milano's clothes, and coming back to painting Shannen Doherty's eyes.

See the painting on Deviantart.com

Watch the "Speed Painting" video here.

January 2010...

2010-01-28T05:06:00.000-08:00

Youtube Sessions: Romain & Julia - Human

2010-01-23T15:57:00.000-08:00

Download audio .mp3

Painting n°6: Charmed 5x01

2010-01-22T09:45:00.000-08:00

I've always been a fan of the TV show Charmed and on this beginning of 2010, I wanted to try something different. I choose a still on the Internet. What's different is, first, that there are two characters to be painted. They're also seen from a different angle than what I used to do. And I decided to stop using ink for the background, here I did it all with blue and white acrylic:

I started with the backgeound and the clothes. Clothes were easy to do.

Rose McGowan was easier to paint. At that point of the painting, my drawing already looked like her. It was not the same for Holly Marie Combs... The nose was very different, and the hair was hard to do.

It was the first time I tried to paint red hair, but I like the way the painting look at the end:

I spent 13 hours on it. Even got a comment from Holly Marie Combs on Twitter:

HDonoho @purplejulia Wowza! That's more accurate than r action figures! Good job.
about 12 hours ago from web in reply to purplejulia

Painting n°5: Jennifer Love Hewitt

2010-01-08T04:16:00.000-08:00

I started watching Ghost Whisperer last summer, because it was the only interesting TV show airing on saturday and found myself recording it when I wasn't home. Now I really like the show, and thought I should try to paint Jennifer Love Hewitt. There's a lot of interesting photos of her on the Internet:

I wanted to do a simple background painted with ink, and not acrylic. I didn't like how it came out, so I changed most of it, using black ink all over and left only a grey circle around Jennifer's head. I guess I should have kept it for a Twilight painting lol

I started painting her hair, I used a lot of different shades of brown, because that's how her hair looks like on the show. I then tried to do the skin, but it was pretty hard. Her eyes didn't look like the actress' eyes, so I reworked on them.

I painted more eyelashes and dark eyeshadow, and added also another shade of skin & with the same color added some light on her hair. Finally I worked on the dress, which was pretty hard, cause I decided to keep it white. I spent from 15 to 20 hours on this painting, it was one of the more difficult to do.
You can see it full view on deviantart:

Watch the "Speed Painting" video here.

Wall of fame lol

2010-01-08T03:44:00.000-08:00

Comments received by real celebrities on my drawings. Skye Sweetnam on Youtube for my Speed Drawing video, and Holly Marie Combs on Twitter for my January 2010 Charmed painting.

2009...

2009-12-28T03:45:00.001-08:00

Coming soon...

2009-12-12T05:28:00.001-08:00

Painting n°4: Aly & AJ

2009-11-29T13:07:00.000-08:00

Aly & AJ Michalka, now known as 78Violet, were done separetly for this painting. I first worked on an Aly portrait, and then on the AJ one.

I started AJ in September, before going back to school. The beginning of the painting was done during a week, but then it took me 2 more to finish it.

I spent 7 hours on it, mostly because I changed her skin & hair color many times.

I wanted a photo for both that looked cute and recent. So I used pictures from events as a basis.

Aly was done way before AJ. I must say that I like my AJ painting more than this one, cause I think it looks more like her.

Aly's eyes were pretty cool to do. I like how they look like "cat eyes". Her mouth was fun too. But her hair... lol

I spent 5 hours on this painting. i believe what took me more time on the AJ painting than on this one is AJ's hand. Here Aly doesn't show her hands.

As always, full view on Deviantart :D

Watch the "Speed Drawing" video here.

Croquis n°1: Disneyland Paris

2009-11-26T10:52:00.000-08:00

Different article from the others, it's about sketches. At school, I use some small writing pads to take notes, and I always do a drawing on the cover. The image I'm representing is generally a photo I have taken with my mobile. Let me show you with pictures what I'm talking about...

For the first one, I decided to represent the castle from Disneyland Paris, where I went this summer.

On the original photo, you can see that the right side of the castle is missing. I simply represented the left side twice :)

For the second note pad, I decided to do the front of a shop I saw also in Disneyland Paris, and that I thought was really cute. I changed a little the point of view and made a closer look:

And here is the original photo (I love it <3): onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VVreemDRR-4/Sw7PrIiyjYI/AAAAAAAAAdc/-DKCHun8Jk8/s1600/croquisjuliac002b.jpg">
More to come through the year lol

Painting n°3: Skye Sweetnam

2009-11-26T03:36:00.000-08:00

This Skye Sweetnam painting was made in october 2009 on a cotton canvas in order to be sent to Skye Sweetnam herself.

I wanted a special photo, and found the serie done on her 19th birthday with the chocolate cake. At first I wasn't sure which photo I would represent. I was a little disappointed during the process cause I thought my painting didn't look like her. And I was right, till the moment I changed her hair color from black to pink.

This was the second Skye Sweetnam painting I did. The idea of sending it to her came to me after she commented my August Speed Drawing.

It's one of my favorite paintings so far and i received lots of good comments on it from friends & family. You can see it full view on Deviantart:

No "Speed Painting" video for this one, as it took me more than 2 weeks to do it...

Painting n°2: Alexz Johnson

2009-11-25T13:06:00.000-08:00

This is probably my least favorite painting so far. I don't like how it came out, there's something on her face... Ok, in fact I want all my drawings/paintings to be perfect, so I'll always find something that I don't like :DI've always liked Alexz Johnson. I think she's a great singer and musician and I'll sure be buying her first record when it comes out.
This was the first painting I made representing a blonde girl. At first I thought it would be pretty hard to do but in fact no. This one took me four hours. Somebody even asked me if he could buy it lol But I'm not selling my drawings for now.

Click on the last image to see the full painting on deviantart:

Watch the "Speed Drawing" video here.

Painting n°1: Katy Perry

2009-11-25T12:36:00.000-08:00

This is not my first painting. To say the truth, I started painting on the 4th of September 2009 with a portrait of my mother (she had been asking me for a drawing for months) and on the following day tried a painting of Skye Sweetnam. My Katy Perry painting was made on a sunday, the 6th of September.

I looked on the Internet for a picture that I liked, and printed it in black and white. This is the way I always proceed.

The colors for skin and hair are based upon the real colors on the photo. But for clothes and things appearing on it, I usually chose the colors and change them.

I spent 3 hours on this drawing. I was fast at that time, while now I usually spend at least 10 hours (more than 20 hours for my Kelly Clarkson painting of november). I really like this one, even though I think the skin is too pale:

Watch the "Speed Painting" video here.

Introducing myself...

2009-11-25T12:21:00.000-08:00

*****To be edited soon*****

I have 2 passions in life: music & drawing
Have you visited my Youtube Channel already? You will find there cover songs and speed drawings/paintings videos.

I'm a French girl born on the 23rd September 1990 who learned English at school (that's why I make so many mistakes lol) and is currently studying Spanish.
I've never taken drawing lessons, I've learned alone at home and I do think that we can all make good drawings by practising again and again.

I own some websites/pages on the Internet, such as:
* Le Carnet de Purple.com - My online website for my drawings.
* Twitter.com/purplejulia - My Twitter page
* Youtube.com/juliacmusic - My Youtube Channel
* Allonmymind - My Deviantart