‘La Route montant à St. Avit de Senieur’ Medium Size Oil on Canvas 36 x 48 cm (approx 14″ x 18″) © adam cope ‘La Route montant à St. Avit Sénieur’ The road going up to St.Avit de Senieur – the cliffs reel above your head dangerously and the road cuts through right underneath them.…
Category: Rocks and Cliffs
Paintings of cliffs, art with rocks & stones. Watercolours of Vézère, Célé, Lot, Dordogne…falaise, rocher… vertical walls of stone
Maison Troglodyte, Dordogne – Proportions & Sizes of Canvases
‘Maison Troglodyte dans la Vallée de La Couze’ 65 x 54 cm (25,5 x 21,3 inches approx) Medium Size Oil on Canvas © adam cope ‘Maison Troglodyte dans la Vallée de La Couze’ Detail This is the same place that I described in the post : Watercolour of an Owl Hut built into a Cliff…
Watercolour of an Owl Hut built into a Cliff in Dordogne
Watercolour of an Owl Hut built into a Cliff in Dordogne ‘Maison Troglodyte’ means literally a troglodyte’s house, or a subterranian house built into a cliff-face. Here the mouth of a cave has been converted into a little house with a door & two windows, with stone bench in front with the typically Périgordian motif…
Un Pigeonnier Troglodyte en Périgord
DETAILWORK IN PROGRESS ‘Bicorne 2 bis‘ Large Size Oil approx 33 x 24 inches © adam cope Un Pigeonnier Troglodyte en Périgord I’ve been working on a large oil painting of the cliffs. As I’m not certain about the entire painting, I’m not going to blog it for the instant. But here is a crop…
Cliffs in the Vezérè Valley – some photos
see a collection of artist ‘s photos of the dordogne
Canoes on the Vézère
Canoes on the Vézère Watercolour. 38 x 46cm (15 x 11 inches). © The Artist. 450 euros framed Typical holiday scene from the Dordogne, paddling down stream, under the cliffs, watching the tree-lined banks & groups of laughing holiday makers going by in bright coloured canoes. My funny & true story … ‘it really DID …
Watercolour of Cliffs – Sauliac sur Cele
‘Sauliac sur Cele’ Watercolour. 28 x 38cm (15 x 11 inches). © The Artist. detail To see more paintings of cliffs & rocks, click on the ‘rock’ category on the right handside. This painting is not far from where I led a painting holiday in France
Cliff in the Vezérè Valley, Dordogne – ‘Sous La Ruth No.2’
‘Sous La Ruth No.2’ Watercolour. 30 x 42cm – A3 © The Artist. related posts in the rocks & cliffs & prehistory categories: Cliff in the Vezérè Valley – ‘Sous Le Ruth, No.1’ How to draw rocks & cliffs part one How to draw rocks & cliffs part two How to draw rocks & cliffs…
Cliff in the Vezérè Valley – ‘Sous Le Ruth, No.1’
‘Sous Le Ruth, No.1’ Watercolour. A3 – 29 x 42 cm © The Artist. Typical rock formation of overhanging cliffs in the Vezérè A5 sketchbook How to draw rocks & cliffs part one – Marcilhac sur Célé – stone lithography How to draw rocks & cliffs part two – Pen & Ink-Leonardo da Vinci-Stone Lithography…
Caves in art – Ruskin
‘Inside Looking Out’ Watercolour & Ink. 25 x 32cm © The Artist. Actually it’s not a cave but an overhang. RUSKIN on Landscape painting The landscape painter must always have two great and distinct ends: the first to induce in the spectator’s mind the faithful conception of any natural objects whatsoever; the second, to…