‘Urs-Karpatz’ Ink 25 x 32 cm © Adam Cope Urs-Karpatz came to Sarlat & played their wildly beautiful Tzigane music. You can listen to their music on their web site ! Apparently the lead man & ‘bottle’ (the person who collects the money in the hat & speaks to the public), Dmitri used once to…
Category: Drawings
Drawings, quick sketches, elaborate drawings, scribbles, gesture drawings, composition works in progress; finished drawings, portraits, pencil, sanguine, conté, graphite
Paris-Londres Duo-Musical à Sarlat
In the middle of the crowds, musicians play on the streets. People stop & listen, look, sometimes dream a bit, sometimes soften a bit, sometimes love a bit, sometimes give a bit, sometimes maybe buy a CD, then the people move on. ‘Sophie Read’ pencil 25 x 32 cm © adam cope This year, a…
Croquis des Familles en Vacances à Sarlat
‘Englishman & Son in Sarlat, 1st July 2009’ Pen & Ink 15 x21 cm (approx 6 x 8,2 nches). © Adam Cope NFS proud of this one, on th enail… yes! He was so tall, like a leopard, a sprinter, an athelete, his baby on tow behind him… 10 minute sketch in the crowds, on…
Dessins et Encres de Sarlat par Nuit
dessins (fr) = drawings (en) encres (fr) = inks(en) Sarlat is a town near me in south west france where i exhibit nuit (fr) = night(en) Some pen, brush & inks from my 15 x 23 cm sketchbook. Night time in the town of Sarlat, on holiday …. we enter another world. The crowds, all…
Dessins de la Cathedrale de Sarlat
I did some drawings whilst exhibiting in ‘La Maison de la Boêtie’, opposite the Cathedral Saint Sardos of Sarlat. Some where done in 2006 as well. Here’s some drawings of the architecture of the Romanesque cathedral (thirteenth century) with it’s patron saint St.Sardos: with it’s Baroque door The strange bell tower in slate The archbishop’s…
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.…
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.
On the Hoof 4
‘On the Hoof 4’ conté A3 © The Artist.
Drawing of a Calf Suckling
‘On the Hoof 3’ conté pastel on paperabout the size of my hand© The Artist. Spring time here in the Dordogne. The veal calves are in the field. In a few weeks time, they’ll be gambolling & careering about. I can’t believe I’ve got the relative sizes of mother & off-spring right……comme même!
Drawing of a Bull’s Head in Profile
‘On the Hoof 2’ conté pastel on paper about the size of my hand © The Artist. Drawing of a Bull’s Head in Profile The name of this bull was ‘Pom Pom’ I’ve not drawn cows before. I found it strange how my hand didn’t know where to start & how to go about it.…
