Belgium

[Jens]

Ths is the meet up thread for Belgium!

[Orban]

In Brussels center for some time now... hoping to go to La Cambre :D

Hope another will join us :)

[Hyver]

Gent here. Loads of girls to draw here. (Jens can vouch for that). We should make this a monthly thing...

[Orban]

Here too load of girl... living between the two campus of the ulb, no far away from La Cambre and so on :D

Seem that I'm the only french speaking belgian here too ;)

[Drumwhore]

Hehe, cimetière d'ixelles :) I've been living there for years :)

[Hyver]

ok 4 belgen/belges so far.. we can start playing cards now.

[Orban]

Drumwhore : exactly... nice cemetary :D I can see it from my windows(badly. Need to buy a longer neck :D)

We can play card or start drawing maybe? :D

[Hyver]

start drawing.. there's a thought :)
always welcome in Gent for a small gathering.. just say the word

[Bralt Hannicart]

bralt hannicart from gent reporting in ;) hehe Gent rocks! but i'm originaly from near Kortrijk

[Ra Havok]

yow yow... Ik ben woon tussen leuven en mechelen, maar loop school in St Lukas brussel.
(J'habite entre Louvain et Malines, mais je étudie à St. Luc à Bruxelles)

[Orban]

Yeah, but what? :p

[Orban]

Do some of you know a good shop with Chavant clay, sculpey or thing like that on Bruxelles?
And did anyone know where I can find a drawing board? Bruxelles too... (Or Brussels. Or anything you can imagine to call it, personally I call it the fucking place where I live ;))

[Drumwhore]

Orban: maybe there's a shop you'd want to try, it's 'schleiper', located at 151 chaussée de charleroi, near the place stephanie.. I don't exactly know if they have scupley or an equivalent, but I surely do know they have a lot of artistic matierial, inclunding clay.
If not, I still know another art shop near the 'bourse', where I bought some clay a few months ago. I just dont know he exact address.. although I can look for it if you need it :)
hope this helps :)

:chug:

edit: what do you mean exactly by 'drawing board'?

[Orban]

I know pretty well schleiper, most of my paper, pen, brush and so on come from there ;) But the only they got is normal clay and some kind of plastiline(without sulfur). Main problem with plastiline, is that I can't find info on what to use to paint it, nor if it will resist a long time...
And normal clay isn't usefull to sculpt figure for example - a bit too rough(And I don't have an owen to bake it ;))

A studio table, (tekentefel, table a dessin). Like the one architect use and like many artist - my easel is usefull to paint but to draw... erhm. I hope to find one's cheap.

[Golanhall]

You got your 7th Belgian (I always liked that number for some reason).

I live in Limburg, studying communication and multimedia design. Nice to see some other "belgen" on the board ;)

[Hyver]

quick note for the insiders (= belgen/belges): keep the second weekend of august free, for a gathering in gent. the idea is to get together with ~10 people and do lifedrawing, maybe some demo's and location sketching... this is not for belgians only, but because it's "just a weekend" i guess the people who live "nearby" will be the first ones to fill the spots.
i'll keep you posted...

if you have any suggestions regarding the matter, let's hear them :)

cheers

[Ra Havok]

Got no week-end plans in august, so I guess I can be counted in.

[Hesse]

the 8test belgian represents

told you before hyver
great idea and close the door (don't think english people use this expression now that is all typed up )

awaiting belgian number 9

[Hyver]

Citizens of earth,

Everybody seems to agree: workshops are a great thing.
Lack of time and money has prevented myself from attending the ones that have been, and it sucked every time.
So, I figured why not organize a little something myself. Close to me. Cheap.

I'm not organizing a CA workshop. Not even a workshop. Just a weekend thingie. Getting together, having some fun and draw a lot. No big names (yet ;) ), no big demo's, just a weekend starting friday the 13th (yeey) in the evening (arrival) and closing sunday (15th) late afternoon. August, for those wondering ;)

The plan:
-lifedrawing sessions (models are booked for two days - yes, females)
-a quick tour of the midieval centre of Gent, including a visit to one of the masterpieces in oils: the adoration of the mystic lamb by the Van Eyck bros
-environment sketching in the Gravensteen castle
- whatever you guys can think of.. speak up!

the fineprint:
I'm aiming for a group of ten (10) people. I tried my best to keep this as cheap as possible. Hence, we stay at a youth hostel. I reserved a room for 4 and one for 6 people. 15.75 per night per person. This includes breakfast. The fee is 60euro for the two nights, including breakfast, models fee and entrance tickets . Add a budget for the other meals (free for all) and expenses in getting here, and you're all set.

What I need from you if you wanna join up:
email with a confirmation (i'll just pay for everything in advance myself, and you pay the fee on arrival - so i'd regard that as a promise)

lmk what you think - open for discussion, ideas, rants, suggestions!

i probably forgot a whole lot right now, so i'm sure more info will pop up soon :)
hoping for ten other enthousiasts...

[Orban]

Will it take place in August? Since it's not written :p

And since it's going to be a Belgium thing, the problem of the language comes :D Will it be allright to only speak french, english, a bit of German and nearly nothing in dutch??? (I'm not proud of it, but I have a hard time learning Dutch for nearly nothing... I'm a shame, I know that.)

And last thing, seem that my girlfriend agree I come by, but to be confirmed... You know girl :D

[Hyver]

First off, this is not a Belgium-thing only.. anyone who's willing to make the trip is welcome. And i think language should not be a problem at all... it of course depends on the group, but i guess engslish would be the main language anyways... My french isn't all that either, so i understand your point very well :)
Btw tnx for the august thing - i totally missed that (edited now).
Also, tell your gf she's welcome to come as well (wow that sounded almost like poetry).

cheers

[drup]

I'm the 9th Belgian. Jeuj! I live somewhere between Antwerp and Mechelen.
Unfortunately I can't come to your workshop... but I'm glad I've found some Belgian people on this forum.

Greets,
drup

[Eew]

i'm in belgium not belgian .. does that count ?? Oh and i'm from st-truiden

[Hyver]

we're growing stronger by the minute.. day.. time!

quick update for those who haven't noticed: i've moved the miniworkshop thread to the lounge forum (link in sig)

too bad some of you can't come because of money shortage.. i really tried to keep it as cheap as possible (well, with having a bed+roof at least :) )

maybe next time then...
cheers

[final]

number 10 !!!
From October I'll be in Gent too :)

Can't make it to the workshop, it'll be for next year I guess.

Typisch aan de Belgen: je komt ze overal tegen hé :D

[Twisted Nail]

I'm Belgian too, from Temse near St Niklaas.

Final; als belg zout ge moeten weten dat het juist de hollanders zijn die ge overal tegenkomt!

[final]

haha feit :D

maybe I'll pass by and have a peek, I'll see.

greetz

[Hyver]

er is teen en tander veranderd wat de gent workshop betreft.. geïnteresseerden volgen best de onderste link in mijn sig...

ajuu

[inge v]

Hi, I'm from Antwerp
Ben hier nog wat op verkenning, juist profiel aangemaakt.
It's great to meet some fellow illustrators.

[Cat]

Nog een Belg hier! ^^

Ik ben blijkbaar niet de enige die geen Sculpey vond.. ik heb het moeten bestellen via internet. :nohope:

[Orban]

Funny... seem most of you are dutch speaking :)

[Hyver]

Wait till you hear some of us trying to talk in french - THAT's funny :needle:

[Orban]

Yeah - we live in the same country and can't speak the language of the other ;) (but, erhm, most dutch people can speak french, not otherwise, shame on us)

Hyver : let me speak dutch... you will laugh out loud ;) I speak better german ;)

[Floris Didden]

Ello all, Dutch spy here willing to infiltrate into your sketchgroup :tihi:. I'm from Rotterdam and would like to join you lot in any activities. Antwerp is very easy to reach by train for me, will have to check my trainconnection with Gent.
Anyway, just a headsup and 'hello' :).

Floris

[Eew]

hi guys !

hmm i was thinking of a some meetings for a sketchgroep ??? anyone interested ? we maybe can get in some bar for a day and just doodle away and have some fun...? maybe some peeps from Neth. can join too ..?

[Hyver]

i suggest meeting in Brussel: saturday 20th november 11am at "De Markten" which seems like a perfect spot to sit and hang and sketch.
I'll be there for sure, so anyone who wants to join - hop along!

info on the place here (http://www.ebru.be/Cafes/CafMarkten.html)

[Eew]

sounds cool ... "de markten" whre's that ..? it's probably some famous place tthat everyone knows about ... but im lame so i'll go get my map .... :^^;:

oh yeh there will be also 4 december (opening) some big thing in Gent its called ... grr i forgot ... but i heard that lots of painters and more "modern" guys come there to show their work ... anyone going there ??? i'll get more info on it if peeps are interested ... oh yeh it was something like LineArt ..? no ??

[Eew]

LineArt (http://www.lineart.be) in Gent ... check out the info and stuff .... sounds like a good place and ocasion to get all together ..

[final]

I'm still alive! :dead:
Haven't got access to the internet in Ghent though :[ .

Sounds nice Eew!

Greetz

final'

[Hyver]

Fellow Womans!

Just shouting out a heads-up for those interested in joining the sketchmeet tomorrow (saturday 20th) at 11am in De Markten (for details on the place check out the link i gave a few posts back)
I'll be there for sure, and I don't care if anyone shows up or not :p
I'll have a friend with me just to be sure though...
If you wanna meet up, here's my number in case you need it: 0494-666-707

see you then

[Jorn]

i'm belgian number ...

And classmate of Jens at the moment , think he doesn"t know but hey ...

[Piru]

Grund Un Az!

Belg(ian) hombre Nummer 12/13 ofzoiets ondertussen zeker ;) Cool to see that Conceptart has some hidden members in Belgium :P

Originally from Antwerp (->Schilde), studying in Brussels (getting tired of that city though) At Sint-Lukas Brussel. Doing animation film.

[Art_Addict]

Hey Belgians!!

First time i see this thread. Just joining in and letting everyone know I'm from Antwerp ! :)

( i think i've seen Jens at the amsterdam workshop, but don't know the rest of you )

[Hyver]

TOMORROW! (zaterdag 5 feb dus)

sketchmeet in Brussel
13u --> De Markten (link http://www.ebru.be/Cafes/CafMarkten.html )
Jens en ik zullen er zijn.. wie volgt?

keep it sharpened!

[Eew]

Good morning belgium !

Uhm iemand interesse om in komende paasvakantie ergens afspreken ? Ma dan iets meer "officiel" ? Ik bedoel gewoon met wat meer volk en niet 2 man of zo ? 2de week van vakantie lijkt me goed , wa denken julie ?

Oh voor ik het vergeet ergens 23-24 april denk ik , is er een opendeurdag bij Hogeschool Gent , en eigenlijk wil ik ook nr opendeurdagen in Genk en in Antwerpen is naartoe want binnen 1,5 jaar moet ik in een van die binne kunnen :D Dus ik weet dat Hyver in Gent gevestigt is ,dus dat die misch vr een dagje "gids" wil spelen ? En Jens studeert nu in Antwerpen dus das ook heel goed(voor mij :D )
Iemand interesse of ideen , laat iets weten he :)

[Ra Havok]

Al naargelang waar het doorgaat (en wanneer) ben ik eventueel wel geinteresseerd, ja.

Haha, sorry dat ik niet al te enthousiast klink, maar ik heb nogal wat kopzorgen voor het moment. *zucht*


Maarreuhm, ja, laat maar iets weten. Ik sta open voor suggesties.

[Eew]

Komende zaterdag(2 april zeker ?) in Brussel (de markten) . Ik en Hyver zullen er zijn :)

[Eew]

http://www.routenet.nl (http://www.routenet.nl) ---> if you dunno how to get there (maps and stuff)

Cafe Markten (http://www.ebru.be/Cafes/CafMarkten.html) ---> adress for "teh meeting"

Uhm anyone from brussels can join , we all speek "awesome" english :rolleyes: and french :D



Uhm the meeting is tomorow ! (2april )

[Hyver]

nevermind that nobody showed up :p
but eew, please edit out my phone nr on the previous post - i'd rather keep this a bit more confidential? tnx

[Eew]

OMG Hyver im so srry dude , you did got my sms right ??I realy wanted to come, some stuff got inbetween... damn i made like all those apointments that day and had to cancel all :(

neways i hope you had fun in brussels !

-Eew

[Hyver]

no problem kerel :)
i did get your sms, so no worries.. all is good now
i ended up spending all day in bed with some kind of flu so i guess it just wasn't meant to be.. :dead: :zzz: :nohope:

better luck next time huh :confident

cheers

[Hyver]

let's get the ball rolling once again...

Who's up for another MINIWORKSHOP?

this time: Brussels, sometime in august, my place (free beds! yay!)
let's see some hands...

[final]

Sounds nice :cheerleader: (if nothing comes in between)

Last year I had to work that weekend :upset:

Well, one thing's for shure, I'm going to start drawing again after my exams... (hooray ;))

Ciaociao

[Uziel]

Piep.
Workshop sounds interesting.

Well, one thing's for shure, I'm going to start drawing again after my exams...
Damn those exams and they haven't even started. Why they have to start that late compared with KUL and other schools?!

[final]

I've been studying for 3 full weeks now, still 2 to go... got this urge to draw something, but I'm so tired (and a bit lazy :bashful: ). Prolly lost most of my "skill" (not that I'm even half as good as you guys)

Exams, you love them, you hate them, you love to hate them :wink:

Veel succes dermee!

[krakel]

Bon jour every one... Im german but I live in Belgium.. Do you hate me now? Id love to join.

[Hyver]

Bericht aan de bevolking
Notice to the people
erm.. my french sucks still... bonjour! :)

Let it be known, this is an opportunity for everyone living near enough to come together and have some fun.. and who knows you might learn something along the way...
it's time for another MINIWORKSHOP! (damn i've spammed this so much today)

check out the official thread here

click here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=538530#post538530)

dankoewel

[Hyskoa]

Another belgian from Gent reporting in.

[wim]

And another one :) from around Leuven. So if something like this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=48516) is organized again someday, count me in.

[Hyver]

let's get this ball rolling again (or for once ;) people!

who's up for a sketchmeet in brussels? sometime next week?

[wim]

Not sure if I'm actually good enough to sketch with you guys, but depending on what day next week, I might just decide to come anyway...

[Hyver]

it's more about availability than skills, wim ;)
get msn, we'll meet up!

[wim]

Not many reactions here, it seems. Because of the summer holiday maybe ? :)

[Hyver]

more likely because
a) there aren't that many belgian on the board
b) of those few, only a small percentage are *active*
c) of those few active, most are extremely lazy

;)

i'm calling Wednesday july 19th for a sketchmeet in Brussels!
what do you fancy? museum/park/chilling out at my place?

[wim]

If there's only gonna be 2 people, it might be a better idea for me to come over for this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=67184). Problem is, the topic clearly states *FULL* :)
It ain't possible for me to just attend during the day (and if so, how much would it cost me) ?

[Hyver]

oops i totally forgot to update that list.. you're in ;)

[Hyver]

btw jens will be sketching too on wednesday

[aekold]

HEYyyyyy ! the world is not large enough for us ! :D

I speak french and I live near Stockel ;).
Just to inform, it's my first post on this forum and i've been trainning
with the drawing for 2 months.

so i'm a ffs noub :(
good to see Belgians people qualified like you here !

[final]

Hey, welcome ;)

I've got no time to draw the last couple of months (usual stuff), but I've started a new sketchbook _again_ :mouse: ,

There are only a few belgians on the boards, but look at the bright side, at least we won the eurosong festival! (or was it that other country? :vodkamachine:)

[aekold]

hey if somebody wants to sketche with me during this last month of vacancy don't hesitate... I trott myself in Brussels :)

[0shade0]

yo mensen
i'm from limburg
'no tryin' slow jokes on me ;)'

[Eew]

People ! PEOPLE !! WE NEED TO GET INVOLVED IN,WITH CA !!! we must be the only place that got no meetings what so ever ! I know Hyver is always ready :D(i hope he still is,) We don't need much people, just few to get the ball rolling ! So get 30 euro, so you have some money to spend on cheep alcohol and sigarettes get yourself a ticket to bxxl and lets get together ! we should probably sketch too , but thats not that important atm.

Anyways, any special requests ? like 12years old skotch, special grass or magic shrooms,maybe some porn? or who don't have any money -> paper to draw or maybe few pencils ??? so everyone just want the free pencils ? okay :D

No, seriously we need to get together and sketch our asses off ! Plz even if you not interested let us know !

Eew

[Hyver]

yes .

[Piru]

lol Eew you are about a month too late ;) Mighty idah btw, a mini workshop in Brussels, have studied there the past 4 years @ Sint Lukas, blacked out on CA for half a year and didn't know you were organising...:zzz:

[Zergaloth]

Righto. I'm from Oostende.
I study Graphical and Digital Media at Artevelde, Gent.
Tried one year at St Lucas Gent but got away before they
totally corrupted my mind with their art-bullshit.
So I went over to the Graphical Designer kinda thing.

But I still have a craving to draw my own stuff and i still
have the feeling I lack a lot of experience and skill to draw
what I really want to draw... so... I'm probably (if it's possible
to combine it with a full time study) going to join the
evening drawing class at the Academie.
Seems like it's the only place where you can "learn" to draw
before they fuck you up with that 'feel yourself inside your picture'
and 'own interpretation' thing... God I hate that.
I mean, I like it, but I think it's necessary to be able to draw
something very realistic before you can put your 'own interpretation'
of the subject onto canvas. Ok, my vision perhaps. I'm drunk.
I talk too much when I'm drunk.

So!
I'd love to join in on the sketchgroup, but I'm afraid I won't really
have the time to meet up a lot, with all the work for school (and
maybe for evening class as well, who knows) I might get a pretty
tight agenda.
But hey. Meeting up even once would be a GREAT thing.
I'm no artist, but I can learn.

Back to that evening class.
Can you believe this? It's meant for students above 18yrs
and of course grown ups. But these lessons last 3hrs20mins
and that 2 evenings a week plus one every two weeks...
Seriously, which student (or at least, which student with a lot
of practical homework assignments) or which working man can
really make time for that? That's an awful lot of time, don't you agree?

[Eew]

I heard what i want :)
i'm starting at Kask in Gent next week, Zergaloth we 2 already can meet, it doesnt metter even if it is just for an hour to sketch in some pub or whatsoever..?
Durin/Piru and Hyver both in bxxl ? it shouldnt be a big problem for us 4 to get together atleast once every month ? Lets start with that and if we'll have more time then we'll meet more, nothing official, just chat,sketch and drink.
So if that will work out then we can think further about something more "official" ? What you guys think ?
Something else: thursday were my exams, friday i got results and i'm in , you have no idea how much stress i had..was all like fuck if i'm not accepted i'll have to get a job !!!:\ but i'm in YAY ! :)
Sint-Lucas: i heard good things about and really bad...wich are true ?


Hyver,Durin/Piru already working in the "bussines" : and i'm always curious how people start out, what problems they got with their jobs, how annoying their clients can be,... all usefull info for a beginner as me. So if you guys got time talk about it , i'll ask question. Your help will be appreciated !

[Piru]

Zergaloth, If you want to learn it takes time. Probably these are life drawing classes, and therefor the length of the lessons. Our life drawing lessons where 4 hours long. (This is also practical, arranging models etc.)

Eew, I studied there but I live in the surroundings of Antwerp. And yeah Sint Lukas... a bit two faced. I did Animation there, but it was more like a 4 yrs self-study than a proper education. I'm quite dissapointed about it all. On the other side, graphics and publicity at Sint Lukas truly is a good course. I actually regret not to have chosen that direction :) They have a broader field of education and even get lessons on software :o (which wasn't the case in Animation) Atm trying to find a job in the animation industry, but there are but 2 job openings in the whole of Flanders and Brussels together. I might be invited to a conversation with one of them next week. I send out a some letters with my cv, portfolio etc to some other companies, but haven't heard back from them.. We'll see, I'll keep you posted on the jobthings! ;)

[Eew]

Well yeah what you expect ? it's belgium eh :D, i don't know.. i think it's really unrealistic to build up a carriere with some bright future in it...in belgium.(maybe i'm wrong).
How weird is that ? animation and nothing on software ? what you do then there for 4 years ? doing all animations on paper ? :sadcheerleader:

[Zergaloth]

And yeah Sint Lukas... a bit two faced. I did Animation there, but it was more like a 4 yrs self-study than a proper education. I'm quite dissapointed about it all. On the other side, graphics and publicity at Sint Lukas truly is a good course.

Exactly. Self study. Not the least bit of support from the "teachers".
We got only four assignments in a year. That got really boring, especially
because there were no directions given. Second assignment, for instance,
was just this: Light and Space. Go on! Work! Hell. If you've never done anything
like this, two words is not enough to get started and to deliver decent work.
St Lucas is probably a good school for people who got the artist-blood already
running in their veins and who had a proper art education before.
Someone with mediocre skills who's not ready for the artsy-fartsy stuff is
accepted but gets no help or directions. I'm angry because they accepted me.


Oh and those evening lessons are really basic Durin...
We wont get life drawing sessions before the second or even third year.
I really think it's a lot of time. But I'll try to figure it out.


I'd love to get together and sketch, Eew. But as I said, I haven't yet
mastered the skills you've shown in your thread. So you might be a
bit dissappointed. But hey, I'm eager.


Best school for graphics and publicity is Artevelde at Mariakerke (Ghent).
Believe me. A friend of mine studies g&p at St Lucas.
It's still all about art to them. They make a poster and underline words, or
make them bold, only for the good looks of the poster. They don't think
practical. I doubt your qualities as a professional graphical designer if all
you think about is how the poster looks.
At Artevelde, the education is far broader. You learn to design with all the
following steps in mind. You learn about various printing methods, color
techniques, publicity techniques, finishing and packaging methods,
management, technical talk in other languages...
I think you're far better prepared for the real G&P-world when you study
at Artevelde.
(if you still want to, you can finish it in two years, Durin)

[Eew]

LOL NEVER HEARD OF ARTEVELVE !
Try to visit that place :)

[Zergaloth]

First-year-students. Always blindly choosing their directions.

[Hyskoa]

That's already 4-5 people around gent-brussel for a monthly sketch event in a pub. Sounds good :)

[Eew]

Zergaloth: well yeah , thats true and i'm the perfect example i guess, i just hope it wont be a complet disapointment. Theachers seemed to be okay so that already something.
Anyways 4-5 people.. let us know when you got time.

[Zergaloth]

Only advice that I can give you: don't take crits the wrong way and work your ass off.
Don't be put off by nasty crits time after time, use them to your advantage or ignore them. Sometimes when you show a teacher the exact same drawing twice, he'll scream hell the first time and praise you the second time.
And work work work. If your work's not good enough, than at least they see you're a worker and you're willing to put time and effort into something, which is something many people lack and something I personally think is more important than being an impeccable artist.
'nuff said, you'll be fine :)

I'm in for the sketchgroup. My school's starting on monday the 25th. I got most of my weekends free.
I'm afraid, though, that my room won't be enough for 4-5 people and the rest of the house is cold and dirty :)
I know some sleezy layback bars though...

[Eew]

as long as thgey got cheap beer everything goes, i slept once with my girlfriend in a car of a friend when my dad kicked me out :D sleezy bars are just fine ;)

[Zergaloth]

If you're used to the space of a car, my room will be just fine.
It has pretty lady posters, a sofa and a fridge which can hold a lot of Cara.

[Eew]

lol, so you live in a freaking castle man ! :D :p

Well, in week i got school, in weekend a job, so i'm avaible mostly on saturday's evenings and sundays all day.

[guggemmaneuver]

melancholie your signature makes my sketching hand go crazy.
come to atlanta where we meet EVERY WEEK :P
:)
In international, ca luv,
gugg

[Orban]

But we CAN meet in Bruxelles every week. In fact, every week I meet myself there.

[Zergaloth]

Every week's probably too much for me, especially when it's in bxxl.
Ghent, that could work.

[Hyskoa]

Weekly, sure if it's in gent.

[Piru]

Antwerp? ;)

[Hyver]

try one time at first... ;)

[Eew]

Yeah, for me gent won't be a problem, bxxl is a bit harder but not a problem either. Anvers is possible but not more then once a month.

[Zergaloth]

Same thing here. Once a month in every other city than Ghent.

[Hyver]

once a month eh? sounds cool to me.. how about we pick different cities each time? (btw, what's wrong with gent?)

so are we talking saturdays/sundays here or weekdays?

[Zergaloth]

I prefer weekends.

[Piru]

Not sure if I'll be able to join in in other cities then Antwerp for the moment, but I'll suscribe to this thread so I know what you guys are up to! :)

[Hyskoa]

Prefer weekends too.
Also, nothing wrong with gent hyver.
I would even prefer it if it was gent, but can't decide ofcourse for the rest of these people :)

[Orban]

I've meet a nice girl from Gent some week ago... I nearly want to learn to speak dutch ;)

[Zergaloth]

Just arrived in Ghent.
Goddamn. This city's alive people!
Short skirts, long legs, boots....
Hell.
Here we go again.

[Orban]

You should come to bruxelles :D

[Eew]

well, i'll be in bxxl this sunday, getting ready for a group exhibition. I probably will be working on my stuff all day...but if i'll the time, everyone welcome.
Btw, who is in gent ? Because atm we have shitloads of free time at school :rolleyes:

[Hyver]

where in bxl? what time? i might just drop by!
what's the exhib about?

[Zergaloth]

I'm in Gent.
Haven't got that much spare time, with those evening classes I'm attending,
but hey, there's always time for beer. You say when.

Evening classes problems by the way. Help me out here.
I've had my first lessons in the first year now but the teacher said my
drawing technique is good enough to go to the second year instantly.
But I've seen a couple of things on the to-learn-list of the first year that
I know I wouldn't be able to draw yet.
Teacher also told me I should attend the comic-classes instead of drawing
classes since my primary interest is comics.
But then again, I would love to be able to draw more realistic and exact,
and I think you need to be skilled at that before you start drawing comics
anyway, don't you think?

Now I'm off to show them some work and they will hopefully give me
some advice. It's a nasty thing, not finding your needs in art.

[Eew]

Hyver i'll put the flyer of the thing here, it's vitrin art, and everything goes.. everyone gets his own big vitrin and just does whatever he wants, i'll post later today the flyer. (ps opening night and last night are all rock bands and music and stuff)

Zergaloth: where you take those classes, do you pay ? how much and can everyone follow them or ? tell me more :perv:

[Hyver]

Evening classes problems by the way. Help me out here.
I've had my first lessons in the first year now but the teacher said my
drawing technique is good enough to go to the second year instantly.
But I've seen a couple of things on the to-learn-list of the first year that
I know I wouldn't be able to draw yet.
Teacher also told me I should attend the comic-classes instead of drawing
classes since my primary interest is comics.
But then again, I would love to be able to draw more realistic and exact,
and I think you need to be skilled at that before you start drawing comics
anyway, don't you think?

Now I'm off to show them some work and they will hopefully give me
some advice. It's a nasty thing, not finding your needs in art.

in short: go for the comic classes! (comic or animatin? it's kask right?)

[Zergaloth]

Hyver: I had to pay and decide now, and I thought the drawingclasses were the best choice, so I decided to have a go at the second year drawing class.
I'm going to regret not choosing comics, I feel it in my gut now already.

Eew:Open to everybody. www.academiegent.be Laatste inschrijvingsdag
is nu zaterdag (overmorgen). Met jouw skills kun je wellicht ook sowieso
meteen naar het tweede jaar. :-) Tis 90 euro voor een jaar als je student bent.
Goedkoop, als je weet dat je ongeveer alles mag gebruiken en er vaak modellen zijn.

[Piru]

Hi lads!

http://slac.be/index.php?entry=entry061003-164202

Free screening of the graduating movies of Sint Lukas Brussel in Brussels! ;) (I'm Pieter Rubberecht)

[D.Labruyere]

hello, sorry for storming into this thread, but I was wondering, does any of you know anything about the art academy in Antwerpen?

Because well, where I'm going now in holland basicly sucks, so I thought, let's check out the neighbours :) once again, sorry for interrupting in this thread. But if someone could tell anything about it, you would be most welcome. (this seemed to be the most logical thread to post in, since here is where all the belgium people are looking :) )

thank you in advance,

haldor

[Eew]

ah, depends what you want to do there ?

[D.Labruyere]

ah well, right now on this school I'm doing "illustratie" so I think that, that would be close to "grafisch vormgeven" overthere? But on the website I also saw "vrije kunsten" but didn't quite get it if those were only extra projects you could follow, or real studies. If so, it seemed to me that "schilderkunst" looked well also.

[Zergaloth]

Illustration is 'only' drawing and everything that comes close to that.
Graphical design (grafisch vormgeven) is meer.. nuja... commercieel gericht.
Posters, affiches, tekst&beeld, logo's, snapje?

And sorry guys but I'm really drowning in a pool of work atm, so no
sketch evening for me... yet. I'll make time! Promised.

[Hyver]

if anyone's bored today/tonight : come on over to brussels! we're having a little sketchmeet untill tomorrow somewhere.. mail or call for details ;)

[thenass]

And another Belgian dude here *raises hand* I'm from Oudenaarde, so that's about a 25min drive from Ghent. I'd love to come to one of those meetings :)

[Jonas Heirwegh]

Hi, another Belgian here!

I live in Lokeren, 15min from Gent.

I would love to join those workshops! Is there one anytime soon?
I was gonna take an evening class at academiegent but I was to late to join, so I need some life drawing really bad!

Jonas

[Brun]

hello everyone, another belgian here,

i'm from antwerp.
its great to see things like these mini workshops taking form, i would love to come to the next one, are there any plans made for anotherone yet ???

tussen haakjes, het zou mss handig zijn om onze msn adressen aan elkaar door te geven en zo duidelijker en vaker contact te houden...

het mijne is [email protected], feel free to add me to your lists

-brun-

[Jonas Heirwegh]

Good idea, here is my msn

[email protected]

Jonas

[Zergaloth]

zergaloth (at) hotmail . com

[Kir Nuyts]

Wow never saw the Belgian topic...never come down here to be honest :x Looks great :D
A Belgian conceptart community... Im here to make it grow bigger: add me

kirsten_nuyts@hotmail dot com

...Ben van Leuven...Let's have some sketch fun together, im in for it! (Btw, ik ben ne vent - Kirsten is gewoon een slecht gekozen naam door mn ouders :D) Plz wherever u go...don t go far from stations!!! I'll mostly be comming by train 'nmbs rocks uhu'

Urs truly,
Kir

[Hyver]

en ik mij afvragen wie is Ben Van Leuven nu ook alweer... i need sleep...
feel free om mij in uw msn te gooien... mijnusername apestaart mijnusername puntje kom

[Kir Nuyts]

Lol Hyver :D...
So when do we meet? :o I guess it s a bit cold too sketch outside atm :x, plus lots of people have exames and stuff :s

Maybe we schould pick a date somewhat far in the future...like say easter :D and make it say an Easter C.A. Workschop Insomnia thingy :D...

We could like actually do something; get drunk, see classic art, see movies, play lazy games, play lazy and when we have time we could pick up a pencil and sketch abit :D

KK added some dudes from the forum...btw any Belgians in the God's @ War TD contest?? Darn i need to start working on it asap! KK im off drawing :l
Cheers,
Kir

[Zergaloth]

i always wonder...
these thunderdomes and lastmanstanding stuff always appears in the finally finished section, and I'm always startled cause I didn't hear about its start.
How can i participate? Where's the right topic?

rhetorical question - i know there's a search engine...

[Hyver]

there's a Challenge Arena subforum to be found.. check that ;)

[spartiate]

Hi a new guy from Belgium, me. I'm 16 half greek half romanian but I am born in Belgium, I'm still at school with a lot of work and draw when I have time. J'ai vu que beaucoups de vous êtes plus ages que moi mais ce n'est pas grave, le dessin sa réunit tout le monde!
Als u het wilt kunt u tegen me nederlands praten, maar ik versta het niet zo goed als Frans, alle salut

[Sopor+Aeternus]

hey cool belgian topic thingy! I m in too
vote for gent!
(hope this topic is still alive..)

[FlatHead]

And another! I live near Ieper (or Ypres).

[Jonas Heirwegh]

Hi flathead. Great to see a dae'er here on the forums;)

[Kir Nuyts]

So...Maybe we should set up a meeting around easter? Anyone up for that? Welcome to the new belgian members! And is it gonna B Gent? or what?

Everythin is fine for me...i prefer Leuven but i guess im alone for that one :p So i'll join up in Gent. Let's meet at the trainstation, most people will b travelling by train?

Greetz! und Beso X

[Hyskoa]

Set a date, and the place is gent trainstation and we'll see who can make it.

[Jonas Heirwegh]

Easter is fine for me too in Gent. Looking forward to it!

[Zergaloth]

Anytime...

[Sopor+Aeternus]

anytime too for me, prefer gent yes
looking forward!

[Hyver]

i'm game, if i'm not loaded with work at that time :)

so who's gonna pull this one together? any volunteers? plans?
st-pieters station would be a good starting point, but some kind of idea of what we could do to spend the day would be nice..

[Hyskoa]

10 am arrive, sketch in a bar till noon. Eat at one of the restaurants around the trainstation. Make our way to the movies on foot, catch the 14 o clock showing of a movie. Be done by 16.00 ish. Go bowling or play pool for an hour and a half. Find a place for some healthy sandwiches(dunno where this though :p) Which would make it around 18.30.
After that we can draw/talk/drink till people have to leave again.


But this is only a rough planning.


Also, someone else gets to be a responsible adult for the day, I have to play one for the rest of the year for my classmates >_>

[Jonas Heirwegh]

Looks pretty ok to me:)

maybe after the movie we can go to some inspirational monuments or paintings?

[Hyskoa]

Would already be 16.00 By then, and most places take a while to walk to for any nice art to watch. There's always the SMAK, but that's modern art. As in "Look at the pretty black circle, it has 500 meanings and symbolized the artist taking a dump on the toilet, but it's still a black circle". Just in case anyone is dying to see stuff like that.

So you'll have to chose, either see a movie or visit the church with work from reubens, van eyck, ... but I'm not 100% sure if it will be open, damn those churches and their free spirit.

Either is fine really.
Just make sure you people decide in time.
The movies are around 8 ish euro, the van eyck around 5 euro.

[Hyver]

2 eurocents worth: skip the movie and go to a worthwhile museum instead (schone kunsten.. is dat alweer open voor publiek? it's been ages..)
i've seen the lam gods a thousand times before, but i'd be happy to tag along to st-baafs anyway, plenty of goodies to see/sketch there

[chaosrocks]

I hope you all are doing somethign in August...cuase I think I may be in Kasterlee with my family for august.
chaos

[Hyskoa]

2 eurocents worth: skip the movie and go to a worthwhile museum instead (schone kunsten.. is dat alweer open voor publiek? it's been ages..)
i've seen the lam gods a thousand times before, but i'd be happy to tag along to st-baafs anyway, plenty of goodies to see/sketch there


Was thinking of that, but no. End of the year. Otherwise we would definitly have gone there.

[Hyver]

chaos: you should know that 90% of belgium is on holidays in Benidorm during that time :p

then again, there's always the annual unofficial ca-gathering at the hyver mansion ;)

[Hyver]

by the by, as for dates during the easter holidays: sunday !th and sunday 15th are big no-no's for me.. how's weekdays for you folks?

[Kir Nuyts]

Yeah, i prefer to meet during the week...In the weekends im just doing stuff. Btw what's wrong with a good movie? :D
I would v loved too see little miss sunshine but missed it...Too b short: im a bit of a movie geek, altough i almost never go to the movies.
Musea is also really fine by me, but the SMAK is just not my thing (a bit too modern for my taste) so i prefer more classical masterworks.

Btw Hyver are u gonna get married? I tought i read that somewhere? Can i be a bruidsjongen?
A bit of pool is fine by me, as is the cafe drawing and stuff...Let's put a date?

[Art_Addict]

Maybe I'll join in on this stuff..

[Zergaloth]

Might join in, depends on quantity of school assignments.
Seeing a movie sounds a little weird for a (first) meeting.
Drinking and sketching, and I'm happy.

[Hyskoa]

Seeing a movie sounds a little weird for a (first) meeting.



I don't quite understand what you expect out of this zerg, but it's a meet, not a date...

You know, just so we're 100% clear on this :p

[Hyver]

shameless ad: i have 2 extra tickets for the Nine Inch Nails concert for sale (AB brussel, sunday 18th) - at cost of course (no scalping prices ;) )

pm, mail or reply
cheers

[Hyskoa]

Seems like I'm occupied on wednesday, but I'm available the other days.

[Master Chill]

Yeeps, hope that I'm number 13 by now (but by the look off it I guess that place has already been taken:p)

Anyway, I live in West - Vlaandere, near Middelkerke. Yup, the sea that is ^^ anyway, hope to talk to ya guys a lot in nearby future -> [email protected] (maar vermeld wel da get van hier hebt he - want heb nogal es de neiging dinge te vergete :p)

Anyway, I'm at the same school as Jonas (and got lots of work as well :))

and then there is this:

10 am arrive, sketch in a bar till noon. Eat at one of the restaurants around the trainstation. Make our way to the movies on foot, catch the 14 o clock showing of a movie. Be done by 16.00 ish. Go bowling or play pool for an hour and a half. Find a place for some healthy sandwiches(dunno where this though :p) Which would make it around 18.30.
After that we can draw/talk/drink till people have to leave again.


But this is only a rough planning.


Pleeeeeeease, can I still join? Cause I love your plan Melancholie, especially on a sunny day :D

Anyways, till later ya'all
Enjoy :)

[Hyskoa]

I don't think there's a limit to the amount of people we can take.
Let's say maximum amount is the amount of people we can get into one bar?
:p

[Master Chill]

Allrrrrighty, count me in then :D:D:D, just say the date and place :p

[Zergaloth]

ah de zee. ik van oostende.

i'm aware that this is no date Melancholie :), i was just thinking it would be kind of weird to meet up with people, sketch for a little while and then spend 2 hours sitting next to eachother in silence. why don't we just draw some more.

[Brötje]

Another one from Gent here. Would love to join the local sketchgroup! Easter in Gent is fine for me too. I'll even take a day off if I have to.

my msn is [email protected]

And yes, Gent is full of beautiful girls!


Cheers!

[Brötje]

I agree with Jens. The more drawing we can do, the better.

[Hyskoa]

All fine by me honest.
Was just a suggestion.
Now, set a date that ain't in the weekends (or on a wednesday)
and we'll have a meeting.

[Hyver]

i call for thursday in the first week of the holidays, since i have to be in aalter in the evening, i'll be able to save some on traintickets ;)

is anyone from gent btw? i might need a place to drop my gear while we're cruising through the city

[Hyskoa]

Thursday sounds fine yes.
I live a about 20 minutes from the trainstation, so if you don't find anyone else, you can drop it at my place if it's not flamable or alike.
Or too big, I live extremely small.

[Hyver]

i'm coming by train, should give you some idea about the size of it :)
hint: i'm going to band practice

[Master Chill]

I might have missed it, but when exactly are we going to be there? Like as in what houre ? :P

[Hyskoa]

You know what CA can use. An event thread, where you are warned about updates on planned events where you sign up for.
Now we only know about maybe 3 people that will show up.

[Master Chill]

Alrighty then, to what I think this is the new and inproved planning from what I've read out of the last posts:

Thursday 05/04/07 (first thursday in the holidays)

Meeting at 10 am in the station
(Hyver drops his stuff at Melancholie's place?)
Find a spot to sketch till noon
Lunch somewhere (I recommend the Panos, first class munchies = food :P))
Then, if still wanted, some more sketching till we drop :D (or something else for that matter)

About the sketching in the afternoon: We could change locations once and a while, otherwise it might become to boring after a while (perhaps a little game of speedsketching - anyone? :P)

And oh yeah, I'll bring my photocamera - we have to get pictures of this guys - to warm up the others here and just for the fun :D :D :D

Anyway, this is all just my vision, so feel free to improve it, but beware of the deadline :P

So if you're willing to come could you please confirm here ? :D (to get a small idea of the group)

[Hyver]

i'm in, will be leaving around 5:30/6pm

edit: had jens on the phone this afternoon, he'll be there as well

[Jonas Heirwegh]

I'll be there too.

So 10am in Sint-Pieters?

So who is coming?

Hyver
Jens
Masterchill
Melancholie
Brötje?
others??
..


We can visite some stuff to get some inspiration and more important share information, some usefull stuff, talk about artists, etc...

And don't forget, bring some pieces and sketches to show:)

[Art_Addict]

Ah man, if only it was the next thursday! I'm off to Scotland on thursday for the weekend. Damn, i realy wanted to come to this meet.

Is anyone interested in doing another one shortly after?

[Hyskoa]

Ok, and how will we recognize eachother?
I suggest the person who can get there first carries a huge 2m x 1m sign with the letters CA.ORG on them. I'll be conveniently the third person to arrive ofcourse.

[0shade0]

damn I'm getting my mic on thursday :)
probably wouldn't have made it from limburg anyway :D
I should seriously check this thread more often.
melancholie, the first person just sits down and starts sketching,
soort zoekt soort ;)

[Zergaloth]

i'm spending my week in Ostend because the house is deserted and I can concentrate on my design work.
So I don't know if I'll make it, I'm trying to maintain a rather tight schedule this week. Though there is a BBQ later that evening in Londerzeel and I might break my schedule for that, so I might as well sacrifice the whole day and come over to Ghent.
I need to make sketches of buildings in Ghent anyway.

I'm blond with a pony-tail :) and will wear black.
But I presume we all look like that, so I suggest carrying a sketchbook.

[Hyskoa]

You get your ass to that sketchmeet zerg. That be an order ya hear.
:)

[Brun]

damnit 05/04/07 is tommorow, and i'm just reading this now.
i don't know if i'll be able to arange some stuff so that i'll be able to make it.
i'll contact epias and some other friends to see if they'll join to...

[Zergaloth]

if we'll be sketching outdoors then I might consider taking the train,
because I need to sketch some buildings anyway.

[Uziel]

Gent is a little bit too far to go up and down + I have to be in antwerp tomorrow :).
I'll be sketching in Leuven Park this afternoon. Already got some topics in mind?

[Master Chill]

Heya I got an idea to reconize eachother - just outside the frontdoor of the station - there's fountain with benches surrounding it and trees and all - how about drawing that? -I Know it's kinda late and all but it's just a proposition - anyway, I'll be weiring a brown jacket and a lightbrown sidebag (and if the sun shines, sunglasses too :P)

See ya 'll tomorrow then :D

[Kir Nuyts]

Allright, i ll try to join in...Next time we do this we have to set a later time...OMG 10 o'clock @ that time my brains are just completely numb!...Ugh!

I ll be comming by train (2 hours travel...) so i ll have to wake up at 7:30? Urgh! (again)
So i will try to make it...im not gonna stay too long tbh, im already falling asleep atm :D

If i am not there DO NOT WAIT FOR ME...it all depends a bit of how tired i'll feel in the morning :o
Nevertheless don t leave the fountain till 10 o clock k? (i sure hope i m gonna find that fountain :D)

[Brötje]

I can't make it. :[

My stupid boss decided to take his stupid wife and his stupid kids on a stupid vacation in stupid Holland. So I'm stuck working tomorrow. And the shitty thing is that it's a two-man operation, so I can't leave.

Damn, I was really looking forward to this. I'll keep checking in on regular intervals to check for the next one.

Have fun everyone! :}

[Kir Nuyts]

kir you can't really miss the fountain, it's pretty big

I DIDN'T FOUND THE FOUNTAIN!!!!!

lol im just joking :p

Nah, i decided not too go...I hope u guys had a great sketch day?
So maybe we should set another date right away! Who's with me next week tuesday??? So thats 10/O4?
Or maybe that's just too close again? Last time date was set too close...Lot's of people didn't even know we were gonna meet.

Let's keep this tread alive now people! Who's with me? :D

[Jonas Heirwegh]

It was a great day to sketch. Nice guys and it was pleasant to meet them.
I think tuesday is too close and I'm in Köln that day.

But we'll sure gotta meet some time soon!

[Brötje]

I'm with you! It's a shame I had to work. I'm really curious about everyones work. New date!

Cheers!

[Master Chill]

It's been a nice day yesterday - but afraid I can't come next week, I'm working then for school :( But I agree with Epias: we gotta do this again later on :p

[Sopor+Aeternus]

goddamned! I missed it! I didnt knew it was yesterday.. *weeps*
hope it sucked hard! *pouds*
j/k, really want to see the photos! and the sketches!

[Zergaloth]

sketches would be nice.
my apologies for my absence yesterday. I decided to do the reasonable thing and let school go first.

[Igor Sandman]

Oï!
Another Belgian here! :blahblah: I live in Liège/Luik/lutich/bora-bora (spot the mistake)
I'll try to come to the next meeting.
See you there.
-IS-

PS: if you people are interrested in spending a day sketching in Liège/Luik/Lutich/bora-bora (did you spot the mistake, now?), I can arrange that. I just need to think of cool places to go.:bashful:

[Noë]

Heya Belgians :P

I'm just posting here to say that I'm organizing a dutch sketchmeet at my (parents's) place in Eindhoven. Since Eindhoven is not so far away for some of you belgjes, maybe you're interested?

For more info click the "Netherlands Sketchmeets" link in my sig.

love,
Marleen

[Hyskoa]

Thought about reviving this thread, so I was pondering to organize a sketchmeet.
Sunday 15th of July at Gent. Probably not a lot of stuff will be open to sit and sketch, but I'm sure there will be some bars open.
2 till 6 pm. Everybody is ofcourse welcome.
Send a mail with a request for contact information if you plan on being there.

Ciao.

[Hyver]

good idea mel, but i won't be able to make it (as you prolly figured by now)
jobstuff/familystuff... a man's gotta do etc

somewhere after august 8th = doable!

[polydrawer]

hello belgium :)

I would love to join in on a sketchmeeting if there is one in the future so im going to keep an eye on this topic :D

[Myrridin]

Just letting you other Belgian folks out there know that there's another belgian lurking about these forums. :P If there's ever a meet around Antwerp somewhere, you can count me in. :)

[Zergaloth]

Edwin.
Could not get back to you by mail. (hotmail...)
Anyway:



Edwin

vermijd sint lucas (zou ik zeggen)
tenzij je als enige opdracht wil krijgen:
teken JOUW visie, hoe zie JIJ dit...
je leert er niet tekenen, je leert er interpreteren.
en als jouw interpretatie van een gezicht een vlek is, dan is het OK.

Kask is "ouderwets" - maar dat is veel leuker.
Leren tekenen zoals het hoort. Veel meer uitleg.
Ervaren en enthousiaste leerkrachten.

Op 't KASK geen portrettekenen echter.
Tekenen, dat wel. Maar de eerste drie jaar is dat voorwerpen,
zelden een model. Tzag er allemaal erg interessant uit.
Maar met de richting die je doet, ik weet niet hoeveel werk je hebt,
maar ik had er echt geen tijd voor.
3x in de week 4 (of was het 3) uur les.
En je moet minstens op 75% van de lessen aanwezig zijn.

Hier vind je meer info.
Ga eens naar de opendeurdag.
http://www.academiegent.be/

cheers
zergaloth.

[Hyskoa]

Edwin

vermijd sint lucas (zou ik zeggen)
tenzij je als enige opdracht wil krijgen:
teken JOUW visie, hoe zie JIJ dit...
je leert er niet tekenen, je leert er interpreteren.
en als jouw interpretatie van een gezicht een vlek is, dan is het OK.

Kask is "ouderwets" - maar dat is veel leuker.
Leren tekenen zoals het hoort. Veel meer uitleg.
Ervaren en enthousiaste leerkrachten.

Op 't KASK geen portrettekenen echter.
Tekenen, dat wel. Maar de eerste drie jaar is dat voorwerpen,
zelden een model. Tzag er allemaal erg interessant uit.
Maar met de richting die je doet, ik weet niet hoeveel werk je hebt,
maar ik had er echt geen tijd voor.
3x in de week 4 (of was het 3) uur les.
En je moet minstens op 75% van de lessen aanwezig zijn.

Hier vind je meer info.
Ga eens naar de opendeurdag.
http://www.academiegent.be/

cheers
zergaloth.


Kask antwerpen ja.

[bliiip]

@Zergaloth: Bedankt voor op mijn mail te antwoorden. Ik vreesde al dat ik geen mail ging terugkrijgen, maar 't is via deze weg, super :)

Dus Sint Lucas Gent is ten sterkste afgeraden? Op hun website lijken den lessen anders best wel "ok". 't Is wel op hun website natuurlijk daar geven ze er altijd wel een draai aan. Nu is er ook geen verschil tussen avondschool en het reguliere dagonderwijs? Uiteindelijk denk ik dat 10u/week toch niet haalbaar is voor mij, massas deadlines tijdens het jaar en dan in het tweede semester normaal gezien op Erasmus :}

Op het KASK geven ze introductielessen voor volwassenen (4u/week). Lijkt me echt iets voor beginners, volgende week is horen wat dit juist allemaal inhoudt.

@Melancholie: Goh A'pen zou ook wel leuk zijn, maar ik zit op kot in Gent. Beetje te zot om nog een uur op die trein te zitten eh ;)

[Kir Nuyts]

Vermijd alles wat begint met Sint Lucas, of het nu Gent of Brussel is (ik kom van S.L.Brussel)... Je leert er 99% uit zelfstudie en 1% door wat de profs je meegeven (Zo heb ik het toch ervaren)... Als je kan raad ik je aan om in Nederland ofzo te gaan studeren...
Betere profs > Beter materiaal > Betere scholen > mooiere toekomst

@ Noë Eindhoven lijkt me wel leuk om af te spreken, ik ben er net geweest, superleuke stad :D

Just give me a call (PM) when u guys meet again ;) I'll ofcourse try to join in, lots of supercool friendly people here...

Btw: Epias ROX! :D

[bliiip]

Weer straffe uitspraken over St Lucas héhé. Dus 99% dat het KASK Gent wordt, volgende week daar eens kijkje nemen.

@Kir Nuyts: Heb zonet je website bekeken, wicked stuff! 8)

[wim]

(Slightly off-topic)

@ Kir Nuyts

I read on your website that you're taking painting classes at the Academy in Tienen. Who's your teacher ? I used to go there myself :rendered:, until I decided to start again in Leuven.

@ everyone else

If there's another (sketch)meeting coming up, and it's not halfway across the country :rendered:, count me in.

[Uziel]

For the people of Antwerp or that want to visit Antwerp there is a gallery opening at Mekanik comic store for the "vreemde vogels" expo on 8 september.
I'll let you know the exact time but i think it will start around 16:30.
Great place to meet fellow young artists.

[Kir Nuyts]

@ bliiip: Merci! Good luck with your choise of school ;)... Anyway it's not only the choice of school wich makes one a fine artist, it s also the dude's motivation wich makes it happen...ik zou zeggen: Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!! :D

@ Wim: Margit loedts is currently appointed as teacher of the paintclass :D I can only praise her! She s one of the best teachers I ever had... I don't know about Leuven; they are too severe is wich I heard (u can t even speak during class! thats like OMG...boring) U should get your ass back to Tienen, more fun and nice people... At least thats what I experienced...
Sadly I am going to skip this year @ artclasses...I've got to find some money/job one way or the other to get around...
Are u from Tienen or Leuven?

[wim]

@ Kir Nuyts

About not being allowed to talk during classes : that probably depends on who your teacher is, but ours doesn't make a fuss about it (the students give each other advice too, after all).
I'm not from Tienen, but you're close. Two words : white beer :rendered:

[Hyver]

jupille? :D

[wim]

Yeah, unfortunately our beer is now being brewed over there, but I think we're getting really off-topic here :rendered:

[Jonas Heirwegh]

Als iemand zin heeft om deze week iets af te spreken in gent ofzo, laat het weten.

Ik had gedacht woensdagnamiddag? Ik kan eventueel laptop meenemen met een hoop gnomon dvds en ander stuff.

Jonas

[Hyskoa]

Als iemand zin heeft om deze week iets af te spreken in gent ofzo, laat het weten.

Ik had gedacht woensdagnamiddag? Ik kan eventueel laptop meenemen met een hoop gnomon dvds en ander stuff.

Jonas

Heb school gathering die dag, maar de andere dagen zennek vrij.

[Sopor+Aeternus]

hmmm...iemand zin om deze week een meeting ofzo in gent te houden..

[spartiate]

dommage que y pas de meeting a Bruxelles, Uccle -___-

[Kir Nuyts]

Ahoy homies./

@ Wim: seems like we r backdoor brothers :> My street = Groot Overlaar :D

Who wanna go and sketch someday in Leuven @ the park orso?...they say the view is spectacular there.
We should put out a date in the far future, so we all can come and do something stupid and creative. I guess Gent seems the best place? (since most of u come from Gent...)

Greetz...Kir

[wim]

@ Kir Nuyts : yeah, that's not too far from here indeed :rendered:

Gent sounds good to me, hopefully we can find a date that suits everyone. How far into the future are we talking here anyway ? 1 month ? 2 months ?

[Hyskoa]

Take 1 month, otherwise not everyone will read the thread.

[Myrridin]

There ain't a lot of people from Antwerp here now are there? ... If you guys were to plan a meeting in Leuven in the fall break.. I might be up for it, I have to be heading down there anyways to meet with some friends. I've not been very "active" here lately... However, that will change! Anyways, add me if ya like to, [email protected]

Edit: As a matter of fact, I'm probably up for any meeting you guys will be planning if I have time ofcourse... I think there is much to learn from these meetings and I feel like ... learning. :P I'll be checking up!

[Myrridin]

... Time passes. Is anything getting organized or not? If so, post some info here? I keep checking up on this thread, but nothing happends. :S

[wim]

Yeah, setting a date for another sketchmeet might not be such a bad idea :) During the last week of October maybe ? (Oct 29 - Nov 4) ?

[Hyskoa]

Let's pick November 3th. On the 4th, nothing will be open.
If you can get a few other people I'll see if I can join too.
Make a list to see who's in and who isn't.
Simple as that.

[Myrridin]

And, um,.. where would we be meeting? :)

[wim]

I'm in for the 3rd of November (assuming enough people are coming). Now for a location...

[Hyskoa]

Gent. Now make a list for people to sign up to and add your own names.

[Hyver]

all hail melancholie, mentor of the organizers :)

won't be able to make it on account of it being daddy-time that day... otherwise it'd be in, of course ;)

cheers

[Myrridin]

That's in the fall break, right? I'm 17 so I have highschool to attend. I can figure out a way to get to Gent, but I don't know where ANYTHING is in Gent. I've actually never been there! Where should I go?

[Hyskoa]

Avoid smak or anything called smak like the plague and you'll be fine.

[Hyver]

german sketchmeet (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111204)

omg gogogogo! :)

[MeTaL-Mike]

Hey guys. anybody knows about any life drawing klasses/ meeting near the Netherlands somewhere (eindhoven)?

I'm looking to do this stuff but there's nothing in NL.

[spartiate]

hello people ^^, it would be cool cool if we could go somewhere in brussels to draw. just an idea, there are very nice drawing spots...anyway i c trips organised and all and it makes my mouth water, only thing is i'm 17 and all trips were organised when i had exams or school. it would be cool to organise one when there are hollidays.... just a thought cuz i'm sure i'd learn drawing with u guys. ^^
cheers

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=88534

[Giow]

hi,i'm from belgium (near Ghent) and also new on this forum (hurrééj):steph:
i'll try to upload a few sketches in the sketchbook area soon.
at least if i can scan my drawings somewhere...

[Giow]

i've noticed there's a belgian 'competition' starting called 'Talens Palet'
for amateur artists.
is there anyone who's in ?
i'm still doubting about it...maybe i'm kinda shy to join in.
at least i have time enough...but still...i hate deadlines,it gives me less inspiration to create...
we'll see,lot's of areas are already full.
there's still place around my area.

urgh,dilemma...


here's the link.
maybe other people are more interested ? ;)
http://www.talenspalet.be/index.html

[Hyver]

looks pretty full to me :(

welcome btw ;)

[Verze]

Hey, I just registered so ehm didn't know where to post first until I saw this thread.
Anyways, is there still somekind of meeting, I'm hoping I can join, I can also use some advice from professional people. :)
Oh and I can only come during weekends or vacation.

I live in Antwerp and I'm 17.

[giusep]

Salut, je aussi de Belgique(Bruxelles), j'avais plus posté depuis 2003...
Mais je suis de retour(thx Kir ;))!
A plus tard,
Gius

[Myrridin]

Thought I'd drop a post, see if anything might get organized in Antwerp or Bxl or somewhere. Anyone? ... Been a while... n all... I want to draw with you guys!...

[Hyver]

you just missed the event of the year man =)

but anyway, keep an eye open in the lounge, we're setting something up probably somewhere in june/early july

[D.Labruyere]

yeah, I heard you and metal-mike were planning something? Can't wait to see what comes out of that :)

[giusep]

hi all!

I'm living i Bruxelles, send me a mail if you do something, it's not easy to find concept artists here.

[Studio Colrouphobia]

Well, I'm not living in Belgium, nor am I belgian. However, my wife is from Antwerp, and the idea is to move in a few years to that region.
Would be nice to meet up with some people then.

En ik spreek een beetje vlaams. Meer Antwerps als iets anders maar in ieder geval..

[MeTaL-Mike]

Ok boys and girls.

Just to inform you.
The next sketchmeet in The Netherlands!!!

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=123496

[Piru]

Is er interesse in een BE meeting i.f.v. CA? Anders moesten we er maar eens werk van beginnen maken?

[Art_Addict]

If something gets organized this month I'm all up or it.

[Piru]

Methinks this month is a bit short notice, but we could get something organised for november/december. A meeting in ViaVia Antwerp maybe, that's in the Wolstraat. Haha I love it to talk flenglish!

[Nysuatro]

Hey everybody. Leuven is in tha house :D
But for the moment studying in kortrijk

[Jonas Heirwegh]

I'm up for a meeting too Piru. I would be glad to help you set up something, let me know!

Maybe it would be a good idea to hire a model, do some lifedrawings. Bring books, food and drinks?

[polydrawer]

im up for a meeting especially in antwerp or gent :)

[Studio Colrouphobia]

Between 22nd of December and 3rd of January Im in Antwerpen. Concidering that I live in Sweden, I thought I'd mention it incase someone comes up with a meeting in end december... Id love to meet up with some people (not going to have nything else but sketchpad and led/mechanical pen and markers, but still).

En ik moet ook mijn vlaams verbeeteren, en art-talk in het vlaams is nen goede idee denk ik.

[Piru]

I'm up for a meeting too Piru. I would be glad to help you set up something, let me know!

Maybe it would be a good idea to hire a model, do some lifedrawings. Bring books, food and drinks?


Weekend is wat druk hier, maar we zullen volgende week er es over babbelen! ;-) Kdenk dat als eerste stap een gewone meeting het beste is. Pakt wat schets(boek)en mee etc, dan leren we elkaar ook allemaal irl eens kennen. Daarna kunnen we wel eens zien voor mini-workshopjes ofzo. What say you guys?

[Grafguy]

woohoo, kwist ni da der zoveel belgen waren op CA! :D

korte voorstelling:

ik zelf ben van putte (bij mechelen/antwerpen)
en zit op kot in kortrijk (voorbij gent)
k doe Digital arts and entertainment op PIH

[Piru]

Jonas (Epias) and I are prepping a meeting. We are thinking of a meeting in Antwerp City or Ghent City. We would like to know which of the two would suite you guys best. For Antwerp we were thinking of the ViaVia Café in the Wolstraat. Any ideas for Ghent?

Date will probably set for a saturday in December or Januari.

Purpose: getting to know each other and eventually planning next meetings in the context of sketching or mini workshops.

International artists always welcome!

[Piru]

Possible dates:

sat. 13 or 20 or 27 December (last 2 a bit harder due to the inevitable christmas family reunions)
sat. 24 or 31 January

Studio Colrouphobia no chance that you'd get here a tad faster? :)

[Hyskoa]

Ghent. And anywhere really, there's a lot of bars.

[Piru]

Sent out some PM's, sorry for those I didn't add as recepients, but the PM system s*cks a**. :)

[Hyver]

very maybe dec20th, but rather in january for me.. ghent preferred

[Studio Colrouphobia]

Possible dates:

sat. 13 or 20 or 27 December (last 2 a bit harder due to the inevitable christmas family reunions)
sat. 24 or 31 January

Studio Colrouphobia no chance that you'd get here a tad faster? :)


Nah, unfortunately the planetickets where bought allrady two months ago.
The only possible time I could make it would be on the 27th.

Maar het is ok, dit zal niet de laatste keer dat ik nar Belgie gaan zijn ;)
Als n'en andere tag als het 27'de is beeter voor julie dan kan ik julie een andere keer ontmoeten.

Mar ik zal in A´pen zijn tussen 22'ste December een 4'de Januari.
Bedankt voor het PM, de link werkt niet maar het heb mij terug nar deze Thread aangevurt.


En pardon voor mijn slechte taal (schrijft), maar ik moet meer vlaams oefenen.

[MeTaL-Mike]

I think january would be best for most ppl. For me it doesn't really matter. same goes for the location. As long as we can draw!!! :D

[Piru]

January is fine! I'll see what we can come up with!

The link: it's strange, I tested it yesterday. :-)

[Uziel]

Gent, Antwerp or Leuven are fine for me.

[Kir Nuyts]

Cool, als k vrij ben kom ik zeker af. Liefst in het weekend :>,
Xtreem lang gelede dat k hier nog s op gekeke heb.

Greetz,
Kir -^^

[Hyskoa]

Very maybe 13 or 20 december. Other dates are either exams or something else.

[Master Chill]

Heya all,

it's been hell of a long time since I checked back here - thanks a lot Piru for the PM- on topic: Count me in, best for me would be somewhere in january and for the location I'd consider Ghent 'cause it's closer (*rises hand* LAZY ^^) Anywho, I'm also perfectly fine with another date and place offcourse, whatever the desition is :)

Looking forward to this a lot already,

Cya

[polydrawer]

oh no if chill is coming ill stay home :(.... :p just kidding
i don't care were the meeting takes place and Saturdays are fine for me so count me in ^^