‘Pruniers 3’ Oil on MDF panel 30 x 40cm (approx 12 x 16 inches). © adam cope sold Same plum orchard as before. Painted a week later this year than previous years. Let’s hope there’s no frost during this moon cycle – ‘la Lune Rousse’ – the ‘red moon’ because of the risk of frosts,…
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On the Hoof 5 – Ruben’s Cows, Drawing Studies vs. Photography.
my drawings of my neighbours’ cows in the field opposite – drawing studies from life on the hoof 😉 get the joke? if u don’t then u shpould know that colloquial (en-gb) ‘on the hoof’ means on the trot, on the move, improvised, ‘sur la vif’ (fr) … ie gesture drawings of moving objects.…
awarded
Blah – I hate April Fools Day! Galina Nikolova has kindly awarded me the PASSION FOR PAINTING AWARD. Galina is a Bulgarian painter whose sizzling works fly off the webpage. I would have gladly awarded her in return but I think it’s not allowed to hand awards back… It’s a pretty logo isn’t it? A…
Heightened Colour in Photography
heightened colour vs. ‘accurate’ colour The same question of heightened colour vs. ‘accurate’ colour (what ever that means) applies to photography. Just as it does in painting.. How much do you ‘bump’ the saturation up? The loss is a smooth gradient, of how one colour runs into another. We live in colour sataurated world &…
Sunlight on a Sloe Bush on the Causse in Spring Time
Sunlight on a Sloe Bush on the Causse in Spring Time Not much changing in PS in this B&W reference photo. Thought I’d share it with you as most of you won’t know the Causses of SW France in springtime. Delocalising effect of internet. The sunlight is now bright but not as bright as in…
Cliffs at St.Avit Senieur, Dordogne
‘Cliffs at St.Avit de Senieur, Dordogne‘ Medium Size Oil on Canvas 36 x 48cm (approx 18 x 15 inches). © adam cope Not long now untill the cliffs become dressed with a green canopy veil. ‘Sous le Ruth 1’ (dans le Vézère) Watercolour A3 © adam cope
Ébauche or Lay-ins in Plein-Air ‘Alla Prima’ Oil Painting – Paul Cézanne
A fairly classic ‘Block-in’ The lay-in phase comes after the conception phase (where you have the idea or see the painting in your mind’s eye) & the composition stage (where you work out what goes where & how if fits together). I find that getting the major relationships between the colours painted early on in…
paleolithic cave art web page update
Three Page update to artists-atelier.com website:Prehistoric Cave Art – A Personal Response of a Contemporary Artist It’s siphoned off several entries in this blog. I gue”ss this blog is a kind of sketchbook for working out rough drafts & quickly getting ideas & text down in the work-a-day rhythm. I adapt well to the ‘chunking’…
Karst Landscape at the End of Winter
‘Karst Landscape’ unfinished state Large Oil on Canvas 81 x 65 cm (approx 32 x 26 inches) © The Artist.Detail Karst topography is a landscape shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karst ‘Les Anglais, Brenques’ (Célé Vallée, Lot) 1996 Ink, papier Moulin…
Good Friend
‘Berty’graphiteA5 sketchbook© The Artist. My mum’s Jack Russell is not well. Might not make it. He is a great friend. These animal friends in our lives. Please note, this skeych is from before his illness.