BAC

 I haven't been posting for some time as lately, my daily life looked like this:

Anyway, my baccalaureate is DONE. Apart from that, next year i'll be in the Lille School of Architecture, i'll continue posting some stories... ;) 

Maison Conquet

The Maison Conquet is a known boucherie in Aubrac, at Laguiole. Its specialities are dry sausages with Roquefort and obviously the prime rib of Aubrac cow...

Do not forget to cut precisely the meat, with a Vent d'Aubrac knife.

Figaro in Pinocchio

I think I need to watch this movie once again.

“Remember, a boy who won't be good might just as well be made of wood.”

-The Blue Fairy

Funicular in the old town of Lyon

In November, my Mom and I drove to Lyon, so technically, the visit of the old part of the city is a must-go. First of all, you can access this place by the funicular - pretty typical, here. You walk on the heterogeneous pavers and take pictures of a tremendous cathedral. 

View from the inside of the funicular

Going down the stone steps on the left of the monument, you'll find two roman theaters and you'll discover the mysterious traboules of Lyon. Traboules seem secret, stone corridors, from building to building and unique in France, from the Middle-Age. They're great places to hide yourself in, or sit down and draw for hours their complicated architecture. 

All right, now that you can't stop yourself from wanting to open each ancient door, running through every single traboule, open your eyes and take a look at these lovely grocery shops and traditional patisseries. Especially the "Boulangerie du Palais" ... yes, I'm giving you my secret address here, be careful.  Yum, I can already feel the delicious taste of the praline buns in my mouth!

The Week of Democracy and Fraternity

The week of democracy and fraternity project aims all students to take part in debates such as tolerance and freedom. It is taking place in all french schools of central europe, and is looking forward to allow debates with primary and high-school students to build constructive ideas, so they can learn and make their own judgements, after des events of November.

This is the poster I have made for the project:

C'est le petit Nicolas qui se prend en selfie avec le reste du monde, un pied sur la tour-eiffel pour rappeler les attentats du 13 novembre.

Observation drawing at politechnika architektury

Since September, I take drawing courses at the warsaw school of architecture. Our teachers are two man, one that looks really old and another one that is a little youger, and they are both great. The level is really high, but we are all full of determination and we keep our humour despite the critics we can get!

I met three girls there, Julia, Natalia and Martyna, and we usually fool around at each other's  drawings.

This is my latest drawing, the theme was "flower pots using watercolors" :

Aubrac

It's time to write an article about this place, really. At first I just wanted to tell you that I spend all my summers there and I love it each and every time, I'll tell you why. 

To be honest, the food may be 99,9% of what makes this place terribly attractive. Ok, I must have exagerated, cause the landscapes that hides the plateau are breathtaking.

Then there's the cows. I need to draw an Aubrac! They seem to have eyeliner on the top of their eyes... 

This article is not finished at all. I mean it can't be, I could write a whole book about this place: Nasbinals, Laguiole knives, Aligot, the people there... 

That's a watercolor painting of the typical beer in Aubrac: 

Nantes

On the 13th of April, I went to visit Nantes because I would love to enter the Ecole de Design de Nantes Atlantique. 

On the way there, my Mom and I had to stop by the JB Rautureau Factory at 2 Rue des boutons d'Or, La Gaubretiere. Its the biggest  factory of sexy and fashion shoes I have ever seen! 

4 hours later we decided to drive to our hotel.

The school had eco-mowers: sheep. Thats such a great idea, seriously.

At the information day, I met Pierre-Marie Martin, a student that is really cool, and he explained us a lot of things they do there. He showed us his stop-motion court-métrage called "Oscar l'escargot" ;)

Anyways, Pierre-Marie loves what he does and he's a great designer!

Sunday morning, we had to leave the city and drive back to Paris...

Dior 2015 Haute Couture Show?

Whether it was on the runway, in Vogue or at the 40th Ceremony of Cesars, you have already obviously seen this wonderful Dior dress somewhere. Marion Cotillard was wearing the star dress of the 2015 Haute Couture Dior Show, for the 40th Ceremony of Cesars. This illustration is just a part of a project i'm working on, maybe a gift i'll make for Dior Poland...who knows? ;)

You can see the making of of the dress using that link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEDgf_ezWFw

Photography lessons

Since the beginning of the year, I take photography lessons at the Academy of Art in warsaw. My teacher is Paweł Bownik, and I must say, its not always easy!

Each lesson is different, and always interesting. However, lessons with models tend to be really complicated, because i'm not used to asking a model to pose in polish. Its always important for the model to feel good, otherwise there's absolutely no emotion in your pictures.

I need to train my shyness... but the pictures always come out really well! you can see some of them with that link: Pictures with models

Teacher: You need to communicate a little more with the models. Me: I know...

Diorling for a Dior Miss

Hi there! So today I wanted to share with you a gift I've made for Martina :)But first...let me show you some of the "Diorling"'s history:
In 1963, Dior creates the Diorling, a pure frangrance imagined by Paul Vacher. We could describe Diorling as a chypre-leather but also as a real woodland smell. In the 60s, this perfume for women reveals an unexpected character for the time it had been created. Diorling is a mix of citrus oil and bergamot essences. Its heart unveils a floral bouquet of roses, violets and indian jasmine. An elegant path of wooded trail reveals notes of leather, oak moss and amber.