WIP ….WORK IN PROGRESS – watercolour – a tonal ‘notan’……WIP I’ve been working on a large oil painting these last three weeks. A commission. It’s 130 x 81 cm – approx 51 x 32 inches. Bigger than my usual size. Good to be doing something different. A lot of work, which I’ll post as WIPs…
Category: Notan
Notans are black & white tonal monochrome pieces. Tonality as a compositional & design value, touches on notuions of full & empty, something & nothing …
Sunset : 21 December, longest night – Black in paintings.
‘Sunset : 21 December, longest night’ medium size oil on canvas 8 figure (46 x 38 cm; approx 18 x 14 inches) © adam cope oil painting of sunset on longest night Something amazing happened yesterday. The grey skies that have weighed us under this last month parted & THERE WAS LIGHT. It felt like…
Quatorze Juillet en Dordogne
14 Juillet en Dordogne…parties & fireworks. Hoping to get out painting tonight (teaching tomorrow) as it is a good paint. Next post is about the English in Dordogne & house prices… & here’s an expert from last year’s bloggy Jour de la Republique… TONALITY : ’14 Juilliet – Fête de la Republique’ ‘Quatorze Juillet, Beaumont,…
THe Great Sphinx of Giza – Watercolour
The Great Sphinx of Giza Fascination lasts. Some disconfabulation : The Great Sphinx of Giza is an Old Kingdom Sphinx & is not to be confused with the later day Sphinx of Oedipus & the Greeks. Though the riddle of its meaning remains. Orion Belt astrological figure dating from Altantis? Sekhmet Lioness of…
NOTAN – Winter Sun – Marché d’Issigeac
‘NOTAN – Winter Sun – Marché d’Issigeac’one half times A5ink© The Artist.150 € / 100 £ UK / 200 US dollars.
NOTAN – Jour du Marché
Jour du Marché Watercolour & felt tip. A5 sketchbook, Double Spread (well almost) © The Artist. Another ‘attack of the giant white trades vans’… this time, a seller of black clothes of all things. Notan Half-tone is a real mental discipline. My felt tip pens have dried out. Short life product, the alcohol evapourates. Not…
NOTAN – Annabel Drawing
Felt tip & pencil. A5 © The Artist. This is a notan drawing of Annabel drawing on last week’s workshop. It was done on day two, and I liked the way she was bending over her drawing , really concentrating. I like it when painters meet up & make ‘un entourage’, a crowd of painters…
NOTAN – Market Day Crowds
Pencil & felt-tips © The Artist. And do you think we could get a table? Market day crowds drinking their coffee & meeting up & being friendly. We are currently having an indian summer so the light is bright & intense. Frequently this southern light gives a lovely white fringe or halo around things. On…
NOTAN – jazz au Cloître, Bergerac
felt tip by adam cope tous droits reservés. copyright. adam cope getting into the jazzy deco here notan? well a black & white design which is jazzy, how about that?
NOTAN : ‘Vendeuses des Conserves au Marché’
felt tip pens © The Artist. Sellers of tins of conserved duck at the french market place Attack of the giant white trades vans!! notan = design in black & white, tonality