Artists and Ecology #2 – Robert HAINARD – how to ‘blind contour draw’

‘Hibou Effrayé’ Robert Hainard Bronze 32 cm Robert Hainard (Born in Geneva, 1906, lived a long time in the French Jura & died in 1999) is sadly not widely known outside of France & Switzerland. He is rightly considered one of Europe’s greatest ‘artiste-animalier’ (animal artists). His book « Les Mammifères Sauvages d’Europe »(Delachaux &…

Festival d’Art Flore Faune en Périgord Pourpre – Artists & Ecology

Here’s the details of the Fourth Festival d’Art en Périgord Pourpre. The opening night is at the mairie de Thenac on the 31 May at 19,30hrs. Expositions du 31 mai au 8 juin 2008 dans les villes d’ Eymet, Cunèges, Puyguilhem (Thénac), Saussignac et Sigoulès I believe I’m in Eymet at Le Centre Culturel with…

Quatre Carte-Postales de Mon Co-Locataire, l’Hibou

I’ve been invited to exhibit in the 4eme Festivale de Flore Faune en Périgord. Details & dates to follow in next post. Here’s what I’m putting in, boxed up along with the bilingual explanation notes.  Quatre Carte-Postales de Mon Co-Locataire, l’Hibou (fr) = Fur Post Cards of my Room Mate, the Owl. (en)   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>…

France plans loans for art buyers

France plans loans for art buyers I quote from the BBC news article at the above link…. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The government says interest-free loans will be offered to “modest” buyers to purchase works and it is expanding incentives for companies to buy. A survey out this week showed that, for the first time, France had dropped…

Pencil Drawing of a Busker playing a guitar

‘Jack’ Pencil drawing, A5 sketchbook © The Artist. “‘A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.’ – Steve Martin” [button color=”green” size=”medium” align=”center” link=”https://www.artists-atelier.com//piantings/music”]more gesture drawings of musicians[/button]

GILLIAN HILL – Painters Painting; Draughts-Persons Drawing # 3

‘Art Class at EL Tech’ by Gillian Hill Drawing 1996 Gillian Hill – link to blog Ketchup -Sketchup   Gillian Hill Detail >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERNET COLLABORATIVE PROJECT…. Paintings of Painters Painting : Drawings of Draughts-Persons Drawing Following on from the post Painters, Draughts-Persons & The Educative Value of Demonstrations…

Issigeac People

A5 sketchbook A5 sketchbook these may (or may not) amuse any local readers out there… recognise before & after the local elections? A5 sketchbook

a project : Paintings of Painters Painting : Drawings of Draughts-Persons Drawing

YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERNET COLLABORATIVE PROJECT…. Following on from a previous post Painters, Draughts-Persons & The Educative Value of Demonstrations I thought it’d be fun to gather a few of the images from ‘Le Musée Imagainaire’ (André Malraux). Images of paintings of painters painting or drawings of draughts-persons drawing. All levels,…

elly 14 – 5 -08

elly 14 – 5 – 08 a A5 sketchbook – graphite pencil © The Artist.  elly 14 – 5 – 08 b A5 sketchbook – graphite pencil © The Artist.

Painters, Draughts-Persons & The Educative Value of Demonstrations

Back from teaching two workshops. Ah me, blogging again? When I get out of bed… maybe…. & clear the decks in the office, family & garden. La Reprise. ‘Exhausted Tutor Syndrome’ A5 sketchbook © the artist Hope this post doesn’t sound too spammy self-promotional nor too much like me banging away. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here are a…

Painting Holidays in Dordogne & Provence, France 2025
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