Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (1724-1780) When I was in Paris last April, I saw the exhibition of Saint-Aubin at the Louvre. It was in America before it came over to Paris. But now it’s finished touring …. The reason why I thought a little review might be of interest was because this artist was a prolific…
Category: Drawings
Drawings, quick sketches, elaborate drawings, scribbles, gesture drawings, composition works in progress; finished drawings, portraits, pencil, sanguine, conté, graphite
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]
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…
Watercolour of a Cello Player – Pablo Casals
‘Alison & her Cello’ # 6 1999Watercolour.approx 30 x 40 cm© The Artist. Yesterday’s post about Menuhin & Romani violinist got me reminiscing about the time a rare bird flew into my studio. A young American trying out France, a concert cello-ist, classically trained, an orchestra player on the west coast, with a very beautiful…
Markets in Dordogne – Inflation in France
‘Cantal 43,95 €uros le Kilo’ 2008 A5 pencil © The Artist. Markets in Dordogne Cold morning in Issigeac marché, everyone dressed up against the chilly wind. Hats ‘de rigor’. This market stall owner dresssed up with a ‘chimney-stack’ type hat & ‘handle bar’ moustache. Smiling. These winter off-season markets are friendly events 🙂 Inflation in…
busker – les artistes de la rue en Dordogne
‘Patrice’ #1 2008 ink A5 © adam cope ‘Patrice’ #2 2008 ink A5 © adam cope don’t he look like bob dylan? sounds just like him too… hhhhhhahahahahhahahaaaaaaaaaaaa Hey mister tamborine man Hey mister tamborine man play a song for me i ain’t going no where & it all seems the same to me… in…
Pen & Ink-Leonardo da Vinci-Stone Lithography – Mythological Images from Prehistory
Second Posting of Two : Marcilhac sur Célé – Pen & Ink – How to Draw Rocks, Cliffs … & Comets??? – Leonardo da Vinci – Stone Lithography – Mythological Images PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART POSTING – How to draw rock & cliffs ‘La Vallée de Célé depuis La Croix de Renard’ 1996 Ink…
Marcilhac sur Célé – how to draw rocks & cliffs -stone lithography
First Posting of Two Posts part two, second post – Leonardo dea Vinci’s drawings of rocks ‘Postcard from Marcilhac sur Célé’ 1996 15 x 10 cm Stone Lithography © The Artist. Edition sold out. My Personal Experience of an Artist’ s Residency In 1996, I won an artist-in-residency to make limited editions of stone lithographs…
ML & Val – bibi & telly
bibi (fr) = bottle (en) telly = something in the living room…
drawing of a head
detail A3 pencil © Adam Cope NFS quiet attention listening looking
