Off to England. Back soon, within the week. Here’s some images from another walk-about. Guess where? ‘Carnet de Voyage en Egypte’ Some pages from the travel sketch book of Adam Cope in Egypt in pencil & watercolour, Akenaton & Sekhmet & Komombos © adam cope I want to finish my ‘Carnet de Voyage…
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Telly Fans 3
‘Val 6 feb 2009’ Bistre A5 sketchbook © adam cope my boy 🙂 ” Every child comes with the message that god is not yet tired of man.” – Tagore & every child watching telly comes with the message that non-adult man is not yet tired of telly…
sketch book : drawing of a town road
‘Bergerac’ graphite A5 sketchbook © The Artist. Detail drawing of a town road in Bergerac Winter sun. I sat on the terrace of a bar & did this drawing. More of a doodle really. Enjoyed the urban setting for a change from the countryside. Quite like the arrangement of shapes in the detail. Learning…
French Market Places 16 : ‘Amigo’
‘Amigo 1’ Graphite A5 sketchbook © the artist NFS ‘Amigo 2’ Bistre medium size drawing – A3 © adam cope make me an offer, LOL – kill me with silence & whine about the price of art… OK… then go buy your 70 euros lunch in a restaurant then… hhehheeee.. i’ll eat the radishes &…
Un Pigeonnier Troglodyte en Périgord
DETAILWORK IN PROGRESS ‘Bicorne 2 bis‘ Large Size Oil approx 33 x 24 inches © adam cope Un Pigeonnier Troglodyte en Périgord I’ve been working on a large oil painting of the cliffs. As I’m not certain about the entire painting, I’m not going to blog it for the instant. But here is a crop…
Bed Time Story 7 – Hommage to Frank Baum
‘ Bed Time Story 7 ‘ Graphite 40 x 40cm (approx 16 x 16 inches) © The Artist NFS Detail Homage to Frank Baum “…..Then a strange thing happened. The house whirled around two or three times and rose slowly through the air. Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a…
More on Sketching & Photography
‘Telly Fans 1’ Sanguine A5 sketchbook double-spread © the artist NFS ‘Telly Fans 2’ Sanguine A5 sketchbook double-spread © the artist NFS sketching & photography An ex-student wrote to me recently, with these kind & interesting comments : “….I really loved –and was inspired by–seeing the drawings you’ve been doing of your children (and the…
Reference Photos for Plein-Air Painters 1 – Gerhard Richter’s Photo Atlas
‘Sechoir à Tabac 3 – Crépuscule’ (Tobacco Drying Barn 3 – Twilight) Oil on Canvas 38 x 46cm (approx 15 x 19 inches). © The Artist. Available – email me Some photos of this huge, magnificent tobacco drying barn. My Reference Photos of ‘Sechoir à Tabac’ Wish there was a person by the door…
Plein-Air Painting Materials 3 : The Hang-Up Brush Caddy
I went online to visit Judsons Art Outfitters – Home of Pochade Boxes and Plein Air Supplies since 1987, as it’s always interesting to see what’s happening ‘the other side of the water’. A fair few of the students who come to my Chateaux Painting Holidays, France come from the States, so over the years,…
Bed Time Story 5 : Painting of Children’s Toys
‘Bed Time Story 5’ 30 x 42 cm (approx 12″x16″) Graphite & grey ink ©the artist NFS Lily is getting better & family life is getting back to normal. m-l is so good at getting them into the story – look & see how lili is pointing to thepage of the bok. Her mind is…