MARGOT VAN HUIJKELOM
Finding Perfection in the imperfections “Fashion is a great playground for a setting to draw and paint women. The representation of fashion on the catwalk is extremely dramatic and the exaggerated attitudes are inviting me to draw. The garment is a wonderful element to accentuate the attitude or the emotion.” by Margot Van Huijkelom by Patrick Morgan When did you first get into drawing? I knew from the time I was 6 years old that I wanted to become a fashion illustrator and painter. My mother gave me a roll wall paper and ink-pen and I would cover it all with line drawings. As a child, my best friend and I would create fashion magazines filled with our illustrations and sell them in our neighbourhood. Why did you choose to make fashion part of your inspiration? “Fashion is a great playground for a setting to draw and paint women. The representation of fashion on the catwalk is extremely dramatic and the exaggerated attitudes are inviting me
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to draw. The garment is a wonderful element to accentuate the attitude or the emotion.” The sensuality of the fabrics can hide or show the female anatomy as a reflection of her expression. Although female beauty can’t be reduced to the cloths she is wearing... What is your particular working day as a creative? I take pictures of everything I see and that is inspiring me, my daughter’s expressions, the frost in the forest, people passing by, the haute couture shows, a waving skirt... I’m sketching them and hang them on my mood board as a huge patchwork of ideas. I will choose a sheet of handmade paper with its subtly grain and prepare my mediums. I will experiment with all the vibrant pigments and mediums that I could use to express the essence of the subject. I will study how delicate brushstrokes could be combined with textures on the handmade paper. But, before starting to apply I will scratch away and grasp my brushes before grasping the character, Immersed in a concentration bordering on meditation. “Because if my line deviates one millimetre I have to throw that drawing away...
