‘Plantou Sunset’Watercolour.47 x 36 cm© The Artist. Click here to buy this painting. ‘Le Plantou’ is the name of a hill, just under Boisse (which is a village situated on another hill) near Issigeac (which is the town near me). it’s a round hummock-type of a hill, rather like a breast, with a swelling concave…
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Vieux Cepes de Vignes II
‘Vieux Cepes de Vignes II’ Watercolour. 42 x 20 cm © The Artist. sold OK here’s the new watercolour for the new frame. Those old vine stocks doing their dance.
Vendanges Doux 2001
‘ Vendanges Doux ‘ 2001 Watercolour. 42 x 20 cm 200 € © The Artist. Am currently stripping out old watercolours from old frames & updating with new watercolours. The complexities of have once worked un-standard sizes are a real headache. I post this one as I was talking in the previous post about the…
Vieux Cepes des Vignes
Watercolour. 28 x 38cm (15 x 11 inches). © The Artist. ‘Vieux Cepes des Vignes’ – old vine stocks. Brillant, warm October late afternoon light shining through the leaves. Old stocks tend to give brighter autumn colours, partly due to their age but also partly because these vines were vendanged by hand, thus avoiding the…
Sauvignon, Boisse
‘Sauvignon, Boisse’ Watercolour 28 x 38 cm. Quarter Imperial. Whatman 300gms. sold © The Artist. Last parcel of sauvignon yet to be harvested. Autumnal overcast sky, grapey mauve, the landscape mellow with misty stratus, a bluey shade of manganese mauve. Last brave yellow tops of vine leaves. Yellow ochre bottoms heavy with mauvey blue grapes.…
SAUVIGNON
‘Sauvignon’ Watercolour Quater imperial. 28 X 38 cm. Arches Rough 300 gms © The Artist. SOLD There’s a fete going on the vines. Last week before the sauvignon is vendanged. Botanical design, not botanical drawing.
self 3
A5 watercolour My wife says the resemblance is getting better in this watercolour (but the neck should be thinner. A somewhat worrying comment… ).
les Artistes de la Rue à Issigeac
kazouuuuuuu oouuuuu zoooooo kkaaa zoooo uuuu bucket & thumper, grooveey french lads these A5 sketchbook drawing – pencil & ink Buskers – ‘les artistes de la rue’ – market day at Issigeac.
Val -6/10/07
watercolour- quarter sheet approx. © The Artist.
Self Portrait with a New Haircut
‘Self Portrait with a New Haircut’ Watercolour quarter imperial – arches rough 300gms © The Artist. Pulling faces again… I caught it for an instant whilst painting this portrait. That look of surprise & vanity & curiosity that follows after ahaircut, when you peer cautiously into the mirror to see weither the hair cut is…