Poppelen

Born in 1987 in Paris, from a mother artist, Poppelen has been drawing from a very young age. Amazed by atmospheres perfectly transcribed by the effects of shadows and light in certain animated films, she joined the Emile Cohl school to do 3D animation. She learns many techniques in different fields such as illustration, sculpture, comics, cartoon ... During living model lessons, she discovers a very particular interest in painting and embarks on a series of portraits with Acrylic, always passionate about the representation of faces and humans in general. Since 2012 she returns to illustration and this particular atmosphere search, this time centered on a cozy universe and moments of well -being. Through small sleek drawings mixing flattens of felt -felt in pastel colors and clear line with a fine felt, she tries to capture the atmosphere of these small simple moments of life where a light, a sound or an addition of details will create a sensation of tranquility and sometimes a "Madeleine de Proust" effect. "Inspiration is done according to my workplace. I like to settle in cafes or on their terraces, in a park, a cozy lounge ... The scenes of cafes or walking often come back. For each Scene I visualize all the elements that compose it: the sweetness of the air, the freshness of the shadows, the oblique rays of the fall, the song of a tedding resonant in the trees, the smell and the sound of The rain, the scent of a sub wood and its wet freshness, the comfort of a cup of tea and a good book, the smell of coffee and toast in the morning ... it's a bubble of Lightness and Cozyness where we like to escape! " Poppelen