Saturday, November 08, 2008

Sir Quentin Blake (....and i)

J'ai eu l'immense honneur d'aller visiter maître Quentin Blake dans son studio, pour récupérer le Sketchtravel. Les mots manquent pour décrire cette experience unique. La frustration après coup de ne pas profiter plus de ce genre de moment unique, le sentiment de petitesse ressenti sous la bibliothèque recouvrant le mur, et remplie de plus de 340 livres.
Bref, je n'en menais pas large et c'est ce genre de rencontre qui marque pour longtemps et font reflechir beaucoup!
Catherine s'est occupé de l'interview et Ben, des photos et du film. Je salue au passage leur implication dans le projet.
N'oubliez pas d'aller voir le blog du Sketchtravel pour plus de détails.




I had the huge honnor to meet master Quentin Blake in his London studio, to get the Sketchtravel from him.
Words are weak to describe this very unique experience. The frustration afterwards not to take more advantage of that kind of rare moments, the feeling of beeing so small under the bookshelf packed with more than 340 books.
I was really impressed, and I will remember this for a long time, and that the kind of thing that make you think a lot about your own work.
Catherine was in charge of the interview and Ben filmed and took the pictures. They are so involved in the project.
Don't forget to check the Sketchtravel blog for more details. More to come!

9 comments:

Abz said...

Sounds really exciting... Im glad you got that experince...keep up the great work! :D

Anonymous said...

C'est noël avant l'heure ;)

mackenzie said...

Hello Sylvain,
Thank you for the kind words that you wrote on my blog. I am a huge fan of your work. Your drawings are very inspiring.
That is so exciting that you were able to meet with Quentin Blake. I am really looking forward to seeing your drawing in Sketchtravel.

Ben said...

Quelle chance! Et très jolie photo de deux générations de talents. Chic.

Nénent said...

Tu flippes pas trop maintenant ^^

Anonymous said...

Bravo Sylvain!! C'est un beau souvenir pour toi... Véro m'avait parlé de cette rencontre.
Bonne chance pour la suite et fais une bise à Vérotte pour moi!
Mathilde

didier millotte - illustrateur said...

wow ! LA classe rencontre...

Aurelie Charbonnier said...

Haaaa et l'autre he ...

Pffff

Tali said...

wow, lucky you :)
your work is awesome, love it!