{"title":"Laure Marchand","description":"\u003cp\u003e I was born in the Bouches-du-Rhône and spent my childhood between the lovely forests of Burgundy, my mother's homeland, and the garrigue of Marcel Pagnol.\u003cbr\u003eAs a little girl, I wanted to be\u003cstrong\u003e Snow White,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCinderella\u003c\/strong\u003e, to get lost in Wonderland, or sometimes to be able to twitch my nose like the witch in Bewitched, all while daydreaming over the illustrations of Sarah Kay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA dreamy child, I had long since invented a fairy-tale world where I could take refuge whenever I liked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Then she fell into a long, very long sleep…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI drew the way all children draw, without knowing that it would become a real passion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI am self-taught, and I began by sketching mainly\u003cstrong\u003e landscapes and still lifes\u003c\/strong\u003e. Drawing appealed to me greatly, but I was never completely satisfied with my “subjects of study”.\u003cbr\u003eOne day I sketched\u003cstrong\u003e a little elf in a landscape\u003c\/strong\u003e, and it felt so natural to me that I continued down that path.\u003cbr\u003eSince then, I have devoted my drawing to all the little characters who accompanied me in my childhood and whom I have been so delighted to find again. I now love bringing them to life on a sheet of paper.\u003cbr\u003eI went on to\u003cstrong\u003e combine my passion for drawing with the world of fairies\u003c\/strong\u003e, as well as my passion for certain periods of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMy inspirations\u003c\/strong\u003e are quite varied but often revolve around fairy tales or the fantastic, since I appreciate the gentleness of the illustrations of \u003cem\u003eMeredith Dillman\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eDelphine Gache\u003c\/em\u003e as much as the darker drawings of \u003cem\u003eTim Burton\u003c\/em\u003e or Barbara \u003cem\u003eCanepa\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have been working in adult vocational training for 20 years, and I have been a registered \u003cstrong\u003efreelance illustrator since 2008\u003c\/strong\u003e. I balance my time between work that is very rewarding on a human level, my family life and my passion for drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKeeping a touch of magic and childhood is vital to me.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI will end with my favorite quote:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“What makes the poet? Is it not love, the desperate search for the slightest ray of sunlight playing on the floor of a child's bedroom?”\u003cbr\u003eFrançois Mauriac. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eMy work as an illustrator\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI dreamed up my prints like a prince's kisses,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ea little naive and childlike, they speak to your inner child, the one deep inside you who never really grew up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImbued with melancholy, they tell you of lost worlds, of the melodies of your childhood that have flown away forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSometimes you will bite into the poisoned apple; other times, it is a frog that will awaken you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOften, it is little woodland fairies who look deep into your eyes and say to you:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Remember”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy illustrations are made using different techniques, either traditional, with watercolor, acrylic and colored pencil, or digital painting in Photoshop. I always try to distill magic and gentleness into the way I paint, whether traditional or digital.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/6800\/3225\/collections\/AVT_Laure-Marchand-II_2544.webp?v=1674758231","url":"https:\/\/oraloa.com\/en\/collections\/diamond-painting-laure-marchand-en.oembed","provider":"Oraloa","version":"1.0","type":"link"}