‘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…
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Domestic Scene
‘Telly Fans 4’ pencil drawing of a child sitting on top her mother…. kids on top? a domestic scene indeed… © adam cope
Caricature
‘Grumpy‘Pencil© The Artist. Drawing quickly moving figures involves a certain element of caricature. Because you only have a limited amount of time, you must select & hone-in on the essentials of the pose, which not only means portions etc. but the meaning of the pose. What the model is doing & what he is feeling.…
Kartoon Korner 3
Le Monsueir Qui Peint Les Canards the man who painted ducks… quack! quack! boom! boom! post script 2013 : actually he’s now a fairly famous artist now France
Selling & Making Art on the Streets
‘Chez Caty’ aquarelle 24 x 32 cm © adam cope Clowns & fire-jugglers aren’t the only ‘artistes de la rue’ in tourist hot-spot Sarlat working the summer crowds. There’s other kinds of artists who ‘faire le trottoir’ (work the pavements), painters who paint on the streets & try to sell on the streets. Hoping…
Kartoon Korner 2
‘Les flop-flips de Thierry’
Exhibition at Chateau de Saussignac, Dordogne
‘Wild Wood at the Time of the Vernal Equinox’ 2006 Oil on Canvas 96 x 76 cm © Adam Cope 1400 euros I’m ‘l’Invité d’ Honeur’ (literally ‘star guest’ but is a nice french custom of inviting an artist to exhibit, who will featured & promoted, often in the context of a group show) at…
Croquis de la Foule à Sarlat
Some sketches ‘sur la vif’ of the crowds on holiday at Sarlat, starting with Françoise le Guide.Many thanks to Niels at My Camera World for helping me learn about photographing drawings. Look what a good job he kindly did on this one : AFTER Niels’ Retouching: BEFORE RETOUCHING: A guide all dressed up… …
Kartoon Korner 1
krazy kartoon kid… the table? well yes!
Rembrandt’s Drawings of Children – Anticipation & Action
Rembrandt’s Drawings of Children These two drawings remind me of some of the storyboard sketches of Walt Disney’s ‘Nine Old Men’ period. The action & drama is supremely rendered with economy of means, a sure sign of mastery. Here’s what Wiki has to say about one of the ’12 Basic…
