Nature reclaiming Architecture – a History of House Prices in the Dordogne

‘Le Vieux Pont’ 2008 Watercolour. 28 x 38cm (15 x 11 inches). © The Artist. A Short History of House Prices in the Dordogne Here’s a story for the Quatorze Juillet about ‘les anglais debarquement en Dordogne’… An old crumbling bridge over a stream, an abandoned road, the ghosts of yesteryears, deep in the woods,…

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,…

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…

Watercolour of Tea Roses

‘Tea Roses – Chateau de Beduer’ 2008 Watercolour. 28 x 38cm (15 x 11 inches). © The Artist. The above painting was a demonstration piece ‘how to paint flowers loosely’ done for the benefit of students on my Watercolour Painting Holidays. Even if you just simply experience for the first time the act of painting…

Drawing of Bach’s "Ciaccona" Partita No.2 in D minor

‘Concert at Beduer’ Graphite pencil A5 sketchbook © The Artist. During the second week of the Chateaux Painting Holidays that I lead about a week ago, there was a classical concert in the chateau itself. It was a Bach evening; a celloist who played some of the solo cello pieces with beautiful sonority. And a…

Paintings of Painters Painting : Drawings of Draughts-Persons Drawing

‘Frederick and Jessie Etchells Painting’ Vanessa BELL oil on board 1912 51 x 53 cm Tate, London ‘Duncan Grant Painting’ Vanessa BELL c.1920 50 x 40 cm Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermartizburg Two Vanessa Bell paintings of painters painting. The first painting is from her Asheham House – Bloomsbury days. Virgina Woolf, Lytonn Strachey, Roger Fry,…

Painting Holidays in Dordogne & Provence, France 2025
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