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A swarm of Flemish press

A swarm of 6 well-known Flemish journalists from that time...mainly from TV, but also written press.
 Most of them were friendly people, yet they watched closely for mistakes and sometimes asked thorny questions...

A swarm of 6 well-known Flemish journalists from that time...mainly from TV, but also written press.
Most of them were friendly people, yet they watched closely for mistakes and sometimes asked thorny questions...

The editor-in-chief of 'Klap' actually only asked ONE wasp on the phone: the woman in the front, Martine Tanghe...
 she was a well-known newsreader on the public TV channel, she retired a few months ago...

The editor-in-chief of 'Klap' actually only asked ONE wasp on the phone: the woman in the front, Martine Tanghe...
she was a well-known newsreader on the public TV channel, she retired a few months ago...

... but I was in shape and a bit overconfident, so I planned a whole swarm :-)
  And luckily it went smoothly, I didn't have to adjust my plans afterwards...
Above: my first sketch (with their names). Below: a color test...

... but I was in shape and a bit overconfident, so I planned a whole swarm :-)
And luckily it went smoothly, I didn't have to adjust my plans afterwards...
Above: my first sketch (with their names). Below: a color test...

...some sketches of wasp details, on a   sheet of paper I happened to find near me...
 I have blurred the text because it is not relevant.

...some sketches of wasp details, on a sheet of paper I happened to find near me...
I have blurred the text because it is not relevant.

This was the completed sketch. I still had to trace it on the light box
 on heavy Steinbach paper and then I could start painting...

This was the completed sketch. I still had to trace it on the light box
on heavy Steinbach paper and then I could start painting...

.... carefully, mistakes are difficult to camouflage in watercolor!
 But ... it worked out nicely! No major problems encountered along the way :-)

.... carefully, mistakes are difficult to camouflage in watercolor!
But ... it worked out nicely! No major problems encountered along the way :-)