Toulouse 2026 : Gael’s view (Day 2)

It’s great that the days are starting with lectures so I can finish waking up. I listened to Len Grant’s talk about printing a sketchbook. This guy is so funny, I love the way he’s able to make jokes while still being very relevant.

09:00 Len’s Lecture (I was barely awake)

Once fully awake, I could go to the first workshops of the symposium. I started with Eduardo Bajzek Barboza’s one, about drawing painterly (but with pencils) in midtones. Then I went to Lapin’s one, about curvilinear perspective and I finished by Dan Archer’s one, about drawing people. The best part about being a correspondent is being able to go to every workshop but the worst part is not being able to make a whole one. But it’s great to have sneak peaks of how every instructor is working.

10:16 Eduardo’s Workshop

11:11 Lapin’s workshop

12:36 Dan’s workshop

After a quick lunch with my correspondant fellaz, we went straight to the demos. I had to go very fast because it only lasted one hour. I got a little bit of Maru Godas explaining color stuffs, a little bit of Renata Brito crafting a tiny sketchbook (from scratch !) and a little bit of Alrun Schmidtke curving a stamp into an eraser. Very cool stuff.

Between 16:00 and 17:00 Maru, Renata and Alrun’s demo

Us correspondents didn’t have invitations to go inside the museum for the Drink and Draw (scandalous right ?) but the wonderful Olivia managed to get us inside. The mood was really chill and it was a good opportunity for us to unwind. Also drawing stuffed animals was great for me to make a break from drawing people.

19:23 Buffet at the museum

21:24 in the collections

And that’s all for today, see y’all tomorrow !

Bye,

Gael