Sophie de Boissieu https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng create beautiful and useful images. Thu, 04 Jul 2019 07:58:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.14 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/05/logosanstypo-copie-75x75.png Sophie de Boissieu https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng 32 32 147221949 BAGAN AND CHILDREN https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/bagan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bagan https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/bagan/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:22:23 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=2180 In Bagan, as throughout the country, children are adored. At a very early age they help their parents with small tasks. They do not hang out on the streets and are always accompanied by an adult. Always ready to carry a load on her head while leaving her arms free for her baby, the mother keeps a small cushion on her skull that allows her to place heavy baskets there. The kids have fun imitating...

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/bagan/feed/ 1 2180 THE KING MINDON https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/roi-mindon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roi-mindon https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/roi-mindon/#respond Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:00:48 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=2126 Mindon, the King of Burma, was looking to build a fleet in Mandalay. Fascinated by modern as well as French techniques, he sent a delegation to the inauguration of the Suez Canal in 1869. It was during this trip that Louis-Barthélémy became acquainted with Burma. A year later, Burmese ministers having suggested my ancestor as the man to do the job, the Burmese king invited Louis Barthélémy to...

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/roi-mindon/feed/ 0 2126 WOMEN IN MANDALAY https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/mandalay/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mandalay https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/mandalay/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:00:33 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=2155 In Mandalay, I was immediately attracted to life on the street. Everything here is calm, quiet, silent. No untimely horn-honking, but haunting and mysterious sounds coming from temples and pagodas. To land in Mandalay in the 21st century is to go back in time. Nothing could be more exhilirating for me than to find myself in the atmosphere that my ancestor had known 150 years earlier.

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/mandalay/feed/ 1 2155 MEN IN MANDALAY https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/longyi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=longyi https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/longyi/#respond Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:00:26 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=2171 Walking is still the best way to get around Mandalay. Men stop all the time to adjust their longyi, keeping it from slipping down. This garment is worn like the Scottish kilt, with nothing else. It is often made of plaid fabric reminiscent of Scottish tartans. A remnant of English supremacy? Perhaps, but the longyi is still the rule in Mandalay. It is very practical because it serves as a garment...

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/longyi/feed/ 0 2171 FLORA IN BURMA https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/birmanie-la-flore/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=birmanie-la-flore https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/birmanie-la-flore/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2019 10:12:19 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=2232 In Burma the flora is lush, as there is plentiful heat and rain, the two elements vital to growing vegetation, flowers and trees. In addition to the Betel nuts that make teeth red, teak is grown on a large scale, and Burma is the world's largest producer of it. And then there are the old trees in Mandalay, "neems" in Burmese, planted around 1850 by King Mindon during the construction of his royal...

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/birmanie-la-flore/feed/ 1 2232 BIRTH OF IDEA https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/la-naissance-dune-idee/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=la-naissance-dune-idee https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/la-naissance-dune-idee/#respond Sun, 20 Jan 2019 19:16:31 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=5331 « Creation » is the result of long work and almost permanent attention, evident in the French cultural and decorative patterns visible in churches, on Parisian ceilings, on building friezes, etc. Nothing is further from the truth than to imagine draftsmen, engravers or painters impulsively producing a stroke of genius. It is always a slow, thought-out, elaborate process. Even before conception...

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/la-naissance-dune-idee/feed/ 0 5331 HANKYU IN OSAKA – 2017 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/hankyu-2017/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hankyu-2017 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/hankyu-2017/#respond Sun, 14 Oct 2018 09:54:43 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=2690 HANKYU • OSAKA • MARS 2017 Hankyu est à Osaka une institution. Chaque année en mars est organisée un évènement où sont conviés un certain nombre d'exposants français. Le thème varie d'une année sur l'autre, en 2016 les basques étaient à l'honneur, puis ce fut Versailles en 2017 et ce sera Paris et plus spécialement l'Opéra en 2018. J’ai eu le privilège d’être invitée en début d'

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/hankyu-2017/feed/ 0 2690 HANKYU IN OSAKA – 2018-OPERA OF PARIS https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/hankyu-2018-opera-garnier/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hankyu-2018-opera-garnier https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/hankyu-2018-opera-garnier/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:00:03 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=4165 HANKYU • OSAKA • MARS 2018 THÈME : L'OPERA DE PARIS Cette année, encore une fois j’aurai la chance de participer à la French Fair 2018 d’Hankyu à Osaka en mars prochain. Le thème : l’OPERA de PARIS Pour l’occasion je vais créer des encadrements en rapport avec l’opéra. Les velours rouge, les ors, les rideaux et tout ce qui fait la richesse des décors. L’impératrice Eugénie, épouse de l’empereur...

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/hankyu-2018-opera-garnier/feed/ 0 4165 IMAGES FOR LICENSING : THE GRAPHICS https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/images-sous-licence-les-graphiques/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=images-sous-licence-les-graphiques https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/images-sous-licence-les-graphiques/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:41:56 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=5537 LES GRAPHIQUES...

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/images-sous-licence-les-graphiques/feed/ 0 5537 IMAGES FOR LICENSING : FRENCH HERITAGE https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/images-sous-licence-le-patrimoine-francais/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=images-sous-licence-le-patrimoine-francais https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/images-sous-licence-le-patrimoine-francais/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:28:10 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=5067 FRENCH CULTURAL AND DECORATIVE HERITAGE « Creation » is the result of long work and almost permanent attention, evident in the French cultural and decorative patterns visible in churches, on Parisian ceilings, on building friezes, etc. Nothing is further from the truth than to imagine draftsmen, engravers or painters impulsively producing a stroke of genius. It is always a slow, thought-out...

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/images-sous-licence-le-patrimoine-francais/feed/ 0 5067 HANKYU – 2019-LA PROVENCE https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/hankyu-2019-la-provence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hankyu-2019-la-provence https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/hankyu-2019-la-provence/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:01:58 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=5517 HANKYU • OSAKA • MARCH 2019 THEME : LA PROVENCE The 2019 French Fair will be held from March16th through the 25th. 10 days during which I will draw 30 x 40 cm or 55 x 75 cm pet portraits all day, every day. I will also sell my backpacks and autograph my book «Robespierre, Jacobine, deux amours de petits chiens parisiens»(«Robespierre and Jacobine, Two Lovable Little Parisian Dogs»). Then...

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/hankyu-2019-la-provence/feed/ 0 5517 BURMA – LOUIS BARTHÉLÉMY https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/la-birmanie-louis-barthelemy-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=la-birmanie-louis-barthelemy-2 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:01:54 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/?p=5871 He arrived in Mandalay in 1870 after a journey that took him through the newly inaugurated Suez Canal, docking in Calcutta along the way. The city has not changed much since Louis-Barthélémy – Captain Morin – left it. The city map remains the same. My first quest was to find his house, or at least his approximate location. I used the map of his compatriot and contemporary, Mr. Vossion...

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]]> 5871 BEAUTIRAN : ALL-PURPOSE CANVASES https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/beautiran/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beautiran https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/beautiran/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2018 12:40:25 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=2870 BEAUTIRAN Beautiran is a printing-on-fabric factory that was founded during the French Revolution. It closed during the 19th century. Their magnificent fabrics were called "de Jouy" canvases. Passionate about this incredible period of French history and the beauty of its paintings, I was the brainthrust behind the book « l’incroyable aventure des toiles de Beautiran » which traces the life of this...

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/beautiran/feed/ 0 2870 THE CREATION OF A DESIGN https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/dessiner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dessiner https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/dessiner/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2018 12:18:52 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=2866 I draw with very fine graphite, from a photo. First I draw the main lines of the head, followed by placement of the nose, eyes and ears. Then I start drawing with details, shadows, hair. The care given to the drawing of the eyes and to the animal’s gaze is essential to giving life to the subject. I don't use eraser much, because I believe that each line is important to giving life to the image...

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/dessiner/feed/ 0 2866 PET PORTRAITS – GALLERY https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/portrait-animalier/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portrait-animalier Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:51:32 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?post_type=royal_portfolio&p=2617 DOG GALLERY, CAT GALLERY AND PET GALLERY...

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]]> 2617 HANKYU IN TROCADERO – 2018 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/hankyu-2018-osaka-trocadero/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hankyu-2018-osaka-trocadero https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/hankyu-2018-osaka-trocadero/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:26:52 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=4150 HANKYU • TROCADERO • MARS 2018 Hankyu organise pour 2018 la FRENCH FAIR autour du thème de l’OPERA DE PARIS. Début décembre nous sommes tous réunis pour prendre une photo du groupe des exposants qui seront à Osaka en mars prochain. Pipo le clown était là, Lydie (Eric et Lydie) était venue avec son Eric, des petits nouveaux comme la patisserie « aurore-Capucine ». Par miracle, ce jour-là fut le...

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/hankyu-2018-osaka-trocadero/feed/ 0 4150 RELIGION IN BURMA https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/moines-et-nonnes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moines-et-nonnes https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/moines-et-nonnes/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:24:19 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=2269 Land of the pagodas". Burma is the land of monks and nuns…and they become beggars every morning. Every inhabitant, even the poorest, offers them fruit, bread or a few coins. At noon, daily, they all return to the monasteries and dedicate themselves to prayer, meditation and learning the sacred scriptures. THE MONKS During the Shin-Pyu initiation ceremony, Burmese boys become adults.

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/moines-et-nonnes/feed/ 0 2269 VISIT TO KYOTO – LOUIS BARTHÉLÉMY https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/visite-a-kyoto-louis-barthelemy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=visite-a-kyoto-louis-barthelemy Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:30:22 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?page_id=4715 Osaka, the closest port to Kyoto, is only 48 hours away by crossing the Shanghai estuary. I imagine that during his long stay in China while waiting for his trial to take place, Louis-Barthélémy went to Japan. In fact, the end of the "Tokugawa Shogunate" meant the beginning of the country's opening to the outside world. Upon arriving at the port of Osaka, Louis-Barthélémy marveled at the...

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]]> 4715 ALEXANDRIA – LOUIS BARTHÉLÉMY https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/alexandrie-louis-barthelemy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alexandrie-louis-barthelemy Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:28:54 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?page_id=4709 In Port-Saïd, Louis-Barthélémy worked with the port services. After a few months, he did not see a very profitable future for him in this canal company, thus he accepted the command of a Kedivieh Postal Company ship, a position offered to him by the French General Consulate in Alexandria. After the "Neguilhé", Louis-Barthélémy was given command of the "Behera", the grandest of ships in the...

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]]> 4709 THE CHINA SEA – LOUIS BARTHÉLÉMY https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/saint-malo-louis-barthelemy-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saint-malo-louis-barthelemy-2 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:26:34 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?page_id=4704 Louis-Barthélémy Morin, long distance captain, commanding the ROSA-DROUHET from the port of Le Havre,[…] with nineteen crew members,[…] declare that : I took from BORDEAUX a load of 400 tons of coal belonging to the French government, and 296 tons of various goods belonging to various traders, to be delivered to Shanghai (China). I left BORDEAUX on the first of APRIL […

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]]> 4704 TRANSPORTS ON THE IRRAWADDY https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/irrawaddy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=irrawaddy https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/irrawaddy/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:25:44 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=2253 GETTING AROUND BY BOAT The Irrawaddy River cuts Burma in half, flowing from north to south. Sailing on it is a way to discover magnificent landscapes – cultures here, teak forests there, fishing villages on the banks, villagers washing themselves in river waters. Upon his arrival, King Mindon instructed Captain Louis-Barthélémy Morin to conduct an inventory of the existing navy. "[…

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/irrawaddy/feed/ 0 2253 IMAGES FOR LICENSING : BURMA https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/image-licence-graphiques/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=image-licence-graphiques https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/image-licence-graphiques/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:10:04 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?post_type=royal_portfolio&p=2530 LES IMAGES BIRMANES...

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/image-licence-graphiques/feed/ 0 2530 IMAGES FOR LICENSING: ANIMALS https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/images-sous-licence-chiens-chats/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=images-sous-licence-chiens-chats https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/images-sous-licence-chiens-chats/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:00:53 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?post_type=royal_portfolio&p=2492 PARISIAN DOGS AND CATS First, draw a dog or a cat, then work on the image to give it colour. . Next, create a background, inspired by French cultural and decorative heritage, for the image. Finally, mount the final product/work on different props to create nice, attractive objects.

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/images-sous-licence-chiens-chats/feed/ 0 2492 DERIVED PRODUCTS https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/produits-derives-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=produits-derives-2 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/produits-derives-2/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:00:13 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?post_type=royal_portfolio&p=2532 PRODUCTS EXAMPLE...

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/produits-derives-2/feed/ 0 2532 SAINT MALO – LOUIS BARTHÉLÉMY https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/saint-malo-louis-barthelemy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saint-malo-louis-barthelemy Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:00:07 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?page_id=4678 Louis-Barthélémy was born in the village of La Moisiais, near Le Minihic on the left bank of the Rance River, in November 1826. To get to Saint Malo, on the right bank, he crossed the dangerous river by boat at the high point of La Cale de Jouvence. His sister and brother-in-law drowned, however, carried away by the strong current. His ancestors, shipwrights, worked in the nearby shipyards of...

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]]> 4678 FAUNA IN BURMA https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/birmanie-faune/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=birmanie-faune https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/birmanie-faune/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:48:37 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=2243 Rare elephants are reportedly found only to the west of Mandalay, but oxen, dogs, birds and grey squirrels still populate Burma in large numbers. Humpback oxen here are not sacred; they pull carts and ploughs on the banks of the Irrawaddy River, made very fertile by the silt deposited by the river. Tigers still inhabit Burma, in the remote Hukaung Valley, so told me a young man on the steps of a...

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