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This is dedicated to a little girl named SHAN

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I took this photo at the Gay Pride festival in Brussels a few days ago.
I also made the rough sketch. It was nice to see so many happy people!

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Bless our Lord! I took this photo from a plane and also made the rough sketch. I had tons of ideas for the sentence on the paper, it was really difficult to make a choice. I still wonder... who are we? What's the real purpose of our existence? Love and happiness are the 2 main words that come to my mind. But after?

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This is dedicated to Yves Rossy alias "JET MAN" (also known as "Fusion Man"). I admire him a lot.

He is a Swiss pilot, inventor and aviation enthusiast. He is nicknamed "Jet Man" and "Fusion Man" for being the first person to achieve sustained human flight using a jet-powered fixed wing strapped to his back, reaching a top speed of 304 km/h (189 mph). He developed and built a system comprising a back pack with rigid aeroplane-type carbon-fiber wings with a span of about 2.4 metres (7.9 ft), powered by four attached jet engines. He already flew across the English Channel, the Strait of Gibraltar and over the Alps. Next, Rossy plans to fly across the Grand Canyon in Arizona in the USA...

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I took this photo in England and also made the rough sketch.
That's just an idea, my next work will be more crazy, hopefully.

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Sort of an introduction to my next series entitled "Chess Art" with optical illusions and strong perspectives... I took this photo a few days ago and also made the rough sketch. Have a nice week!

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This is a real fire, a real drawing, a real piece of paper, real fingers... only ashes are left. I took this photo 2 days ago and also made the very rough sketch. This is dedicated to all the people suffering in the world. Thanks for watching.

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A photo I took yesterday in Poland (I also made the rough sketch). Yes I know, there are no koalas in Poland but there is one in my mind, struggling against extinction...

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Koalas are in serious decline suffering from the effects of habitat destruction, domestic dog attacks, bushfires and road accidents. The Australian Koala Foundation estimates that there are less than 80,000 koalas left in the wild, possibly as few as 43,000... Read more on www.savethekoala.com

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I took this photo in Oxford, England (not in Venice, lol). I also made the rough sketch (very very quickly for this one...)

PS: Sorry for the long absence, I just came back from a trip abroad... But I did work a lot and I'll be posting one new "Pencil Vs Camera" image every day until the 30th of May. Thank you all for your support!

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This is a photo I took at the "Art Brussels" fair happening every year in April in Belgium. The picture shows an installation with contemporary sculptures of Adam and Eve and a bookcase wallpaper in the background.

Please, also have a look at my photo report showing the exhibited artworks that have impressed me the most when I visited this 28th edition of the fair.

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I took this photo in Belgium. I also drew the rough sketch. LOL

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This is a photo I took in Lille, France. I also made the rough sketch.
I do not especially support polygamy, this is just a visual idea ^^
Thank you all very much for the constructive feedbacks!

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This is a photo I took from Montmartre's hill in

Paris, France. I also made the rough sketch.

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This is a view of the countryside in Belgium.
I took the photo and drew the sketch (I wanted
to make a very simplified composition on
the paper to match the landscape).

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This is a view of Utrecht from the Dom Tower, which is the tallest church tower in the Netherlands, at 112.5 metres (368 feet) in height (I've lived 7 months in Utrecht). I took the photo and drew the 2 sketches. It was kind of hard to hold the 2 pieces of paper with one hand... :)

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I took this photo in the "Palais des Beaux Arts" of Lille, France (I also made the drawing)

I've represented on the paper 3 of my most favorite paintings:

- "The Third of May 1808" by Francisco Goya (the painting is much bigger in the real life)

- "The Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli (the painting is much bigger in the real life)

- "The Gleaners" by Jean-François Millet

The big Eye in the centre of the composition is something I added because what would visual art be without the tool to see it? In my opinion, the human eye and brain and the way we interpret art are even more important than the artworks themselves. The model is my sweet Marta.

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The Eye

By Peter S. Quinn

Here I am or if I am
The eye of seeing all
Some of it is a scam
As it's not on the wall:

3 of paintings favorite
Is a pure fantasy play
1 left out deliberate
The Shooting of 3 May

Eye to see another eye
Of model Marta - my dear
Artists now have a try
And draw a picture of her!

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I took this photo near Brussels
(I also made the sketch)


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I took this photo in the Belgian countryside
(I also made the sketch)