Hieratic vs.Gestural Drawing Styles – Zadkine

‘Busker – sculptor on the streets’ A5 sketchbook    This sculptor carving on the streets on market day (else he’d get moved on by the gendarmes) at Castillonnés.  Drawing ‘sur la vif’ moving targets. I’ve observed one tendancy , that which I call my ‘Hieratic Style’, as if an Egpytian or Modernist freeze ‘à la…

‘Have a Nice Day’

‘Busker’ A5 sketchbook graphite ©adam cope ‘Have a Nice Day’ This fellow and his dog in the market place, playing the accordian. The sign said “Bonne Journée Avec le Sourire” ( ‘have a nice day – with a smile’). He looked worried. I think the dog was used to his music. ‘Life Insurance’ [button color=”green”…

Orchestra Baroque de Toulouse

‘Orchestra Baroque de Toulouse’   pencil drawing A5 sketchbook © adam cope The last drawing went away from gesture & towards ‘shape’, which was where I was at in Urs Karpartz in Sarlat in July. I call  it ‘hierachical’, static , the opposite of  the dynamism of getsure drawing. The lok static  & frozen. great…

Dessin d’un Garde Champêtre – Drawings of French Market Places

‘Le Garde Champêtre de Bergerac, Périgord’ graphite A5 sketchbook © The Artist. OK, new category title ‘FRENCH MARKET PLACES’, which I must update the previous posts in this blog as some of the buskers play in the market places & soome of the portraits are of local farmers selling their wares. So to simplify those…

Drawings of Musicians & Buskers – New Web Page

‘Alison & Her Cello’ Ink & Brush Pen 28 x 38cm (15 x 11 inches). © The Artist. 400 euros alision started off with bruchner & was playing bach cello by the time i drew her here – her back was hurting , she had a very dynamic posture! [button color=”green” size=”medium” align=”center” link=”https://www.artists-atelier.com//piantings/music”]more gesture…

Peter ‘Bimbo’ Acock

‘Bimbo Sings the Blues’ dans le temps d’une chanson….five minute pose ink A5 sketchbook © The Artist. ‘Bimbo’, Peter Acock In Bergerac, we are lucky enough to have a musician of outstanding talent. Known locally as ‘Bimbo’, Peter Acock plays the sax (soprano & alto), the clarinette & here his third instrument, the piano &…

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