From Manga to Ma Belle …
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Ma Belle Ferronnière
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Icon Sancta Andrea
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Armorial design
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Oostkerk Middelburg
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Buon Fresco
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Impression other works
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Caricatures
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Manga
Ma Belle Ferronnière
Driven by curiosity and built on purpose,
this is where bold thinking meets thoughtful execution…
Pepijn had always had a special interest in the painting techniques of historical artists. As a very young boy, during a visit to the Musée du Louvre, he sat for two hours, completely focussed, on his knees, making a drawing of the Mona Lisa. A friendly attendant allowed him to sit right at the front and kept other visitors on a distance.
For his graduation at the Scottish St Andrews University, he wrote a thesis about Leonardo Da Vinci’s painting technique. “I started a project in which I created several paintings using the techniques of various old masters, including Leonardo Da Vinci. When I saw May 2, 2019 would mark the 500th anniversary of Leonardo Da Vinci’s death, it seemed a fitting moment to unveil the painting.”
He created a painting that is not a copy of one of Leonardo’s works, but something that could hypothetically have fit within his oeuvre. Pepijn based his approach on scientific analyses of Leonardo Da Vinci’s paintings. “Da Vinci is known for his technique in which he uses soft colour transitions to bring forms forward out of a dark background. For this, he uses several layers of paint placed on top of each other.” He also researched clothing styles from the relevant period in order to capture the historical atmosphere.
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Pepijn Suurmeijer
Icoon Sancta Andrea, 2018
18×30 cm, Egg-tempera on panel
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Armorial design
As a child Pepijn was fascinated by stories of knights, their shields and the history of noble families visualised in their armorial designs. At the age of 7 he made his own shield which he used playing knight of his imaginary Kingdom. Aged 11 he wrote a paper for his school in which he explained the genealogy of the Suurmeijer Family. Later he combined his interest in history with his artistic skills and designed several coats of arms following the most commonly used rules and meanings of medieval Heraldic Symbols. In this video he explains his personal armorial design.
De Oostkerk
Pepijn Suurmeijer
Oostkerk Middelburg, 2015
40×50 cm, Watercolour on paper
Made in commission
Buon Fresco: The Demise of Typhon
Haaren, 2 januari 2013
16 year old high school student Pepijn Suurmeijer starts his channel ‘Let Art Come Alive’
Fresco is a mural painting technique where water-based pigments are applied directly to wet, fresh lime plaster. As the plaster dries, a chemical reaction fuses the pigment into the wall, making an incredibly durable part of the structure itself rather than just a layer sitting on top.
There are three approaches of which Buon Fresco is the true, classic method where painting is done on freshly laid, wet plaster. It requires working quickly before the plaster dries. Every day a part of the work hás to be finished. Therefore we speak of ‘Giornata’ . Historically the technique was perfected during the Italian Renaissance by masters such as Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci and Raphael.
“A fun challenge…”
Pepijn wanted to express his creativity by means of fresco painting. His aim was to design and realise a Buon Fresco, using the same materials as available in that time. He called it “a fun challenge” and documented every step as part of his final exam project at Maurick College.
Pepijn introduces project:
Making a ‘Buon Fresco’.
Preliminary day 1:
Making the ‘Cartone’.
Preliminary day 2:
Preparing the wall.
Preliminary day 3:
Applying the ‘Arricio’.
Videoblog 1:
Painting 1st and 2nd ‘Giornata’.
Videoblog 2:
Painting 3rd ‘Giornata’.
Videoblog 3:
Painting 4th ‘Giornata’.
Videoblog 4:
Painting 5th ‘Giornata’.
Videoblog 5:
Painting 6th and 7th ‘Giornata’.
Videoblog 6:
Painting 8th and final ‘Giornata’.
Fresco, The Demise of Typhon
Compilation
Dit is (nog) een test pagina…
Mochten de links naar de Youtube filmpjes lastig werken op de verschillende schermgroottes (mobiel, laptop en desktop moet ik ze wellicht allemaal apart toevoegen aan de bibliotheek van de website. Nadeel is dan echter dat er een max aan de aantal MB’s per pagina (of sectie) overschreden wordt en dus de benodigde ruimte voor de sectie ‘Oevre’ wel erg lang wordt…
Videoblog 6 - Painting 8th and final ‘Giornata’
Impression of other works …
One Minute Drawings
Caricatures
Pepijn became a member of the editorial staff of the Maurick school newspaper. He further developped his skills to make cartoon drawings and surprised both family, friends and schoolstaff with these humorous drawings!
Manga
In his ‘early teens’ Pepijn started to draw Manga pictures. In those days his school notebooks are full of Manga drawings in which he practiced all kinds of characters, each with its own distinct facial expressions.
