Travel diary

Excerpts from drawing books on the alive. Travel notebooks, sketchbooks, sketchbooks,... A laboratory of drawing techniques.

» Any teaching of drawing is like teaching the eye. A lot of people don't look. They examine the ground in front of them to walk, for example. But do they really watch the world carefully? » David Hockney

Belgian carnets

Excerpts from drawings in Belgium. Mainly in Brussels, because I live there. But also in Flanders and Wallonia.

Josaphat Park

Sketches, watercolours realized from Josaphat Park, one of the most beautiful park in Brussels. It is located a few meters from my workshop.

Ægidium de Saint-Gilles

Report drawn at the aegidium of Saint-Gilles

Café Winok

Sketches at Café Winok – Bar | Roastery | Shop – Avenue Luis Bertrand, Schaerbeek

Watercolour workshop at Mont des Arts, Brussels

Watercolor and make-off art. The three main stages of drawing and a small video in the atmosphere of the place

Boghossian Foundation

Boghossian Foundation or Villa Empain. Drawing from the black stone pool on Canson travel plan and colouring on Procreate.

Bookstores of France

The Vosges

Sketch book in the Vosges by Vincent Rif. Watercolors, nature, Zen pond, Vosges chalet, blueberry readings and pies.

Lille

Portraits of Françoise and Arthur in a Lille brewery, opposite the station

Dunkirk

Book of drawings and watercolours made during a short stay in Dunkirk and at Malo-Les-Bains beach, August 2022

Morozov Collection

The Morozov Collection. Icons of Modern Art at the Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris. Report drawn by Vincent Rif. March 2022

Marseille

Drawing with felt and black stone of Marseilles seen from Saint-Charles station. Coloring via Procreate on iPad.

Excerpts from drawings in France. Mainly during tourist stays.

Italian carnets

Book of Milan

July 2021, little stay in Milan. See the Duomo, visit the Museo del Novecento, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Milan. Do not miss the chips in the Navigli district. Visit the villa Necchi, the most beautiful villa in Milan (in the world?) ! Follow the footsteps of Leonardo Da Vinci. And above all draw this beautiful city of Italy, luxurious and refined.

Anzio, Rome beach

Excerpts from my travel diary in Rome and Anzio – summer 2019

Rome - part 1 (travel diary 2019)

Excerpts from a travel diary drawn in Rome in July 2019

In the plane

Sketch with the Procreate app of a passenger on an airplane leaving for Tuscany.

Excerpts from sketchbooks made in Italy. Mainly during tourist stays.

Portrait books

Extracts from portrait books. For magazines, books, companies (avatars). But also in the street or in the workshop.

Donald Trump's investment

Portrait/caricature and graphic facilitation of Donald Trump's speech at his inauguration on January 20, 2025. By Vincent Rif, graphic facilitator and illustrator. Bic on paper, then drawing on iPad (Procreate). The inauguration of the new president...

Portrait of an organic farm

Portrait and report drawn on a Belgian organic farm, A l'Orée du bois. The images produced are used to produce posters, grant application files, and educational material. The elements are drawn individually in layers, either...

Portraits for an inauguration

And why not a portrait session by Vincent Rif to thank customers coming to the inauguration of a new shop. Here are pencil portraits on art paper for the opening of Nastrogreen in Waterloo in December 2024.

70 years of Adetem, birthday party

Drawings made live by Vincent Rif during the anniversary evening of the Adetm (Association nationale des professionnels du marketing) is a French non-profit association founded on May 26, 1954 and recognized as a public utility. It has more...

Jazz Station

Live and ink cartoons of the concert by Vincent Thekal Quintet "A Swingin Saxophonist, leader of different formations, Vincent Thekal is a musician with...
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