Canoes on the Vézère Watercolour. 38 x 46cm (15 x 11 inches). © The Artist. 450 euros framed Typical holiday scene from the Dordogne, paddling down stream, under the cliffs, watching the tree-lined banks & groups of laughing holiday makers going by in bright coloured canoes. My funny & true story … ‘it really DID …
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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 &…
Jean Marquay at the Buddha Bar
Indonesian Lava stone Stutue of The Buddha sanguine A5 sketchbook © The Artist. Jean Marquay on the Drums five minute pose whilst drummin’ away pencil A5 sketch book © the artist Groovy, dimly lit jazz bar in bergerac with a theme deco of some good quality statues of The Buddha, smiling beniegnly on at the…
China Moses & Danny Le Duc
China Moses & Danny Le Duc ink & pencil A5 sketchbook © The Artist. Well, that’s the end of the exhibition in Bergerac. All went well, with lots of visits, interesting conversations & sales. Confess to being somewhat tired. Exhausted even. Emtied out. End of large exhibitions are interesting times as it often marks the…
Jazz Cornet Player – Exhibition at Bergerac
‘Three Sketches of a Jazz Cornet Player’ five minute poses whilst playing JAZZZ! A5 sketchbook © The Artist. ‘Les Mercredis de Jazz’ at La Maison de Vins de Bergerac ‘Les Mercredis de Jazz’ at La Maison de Vins de Bergerac ( La Cloître des Recollets) … Jazz on a summer’s eve outside my exhibition, in…
Watercolour of Cliffs – Sauliac sur Cele
‘Sauliac sur Cele’ Watercolour. 28 x 38cm (15 x 11 inches). © The Artist. detail To see more paintings of cliffs & rocks, click on the ‘rock’ category on the right handside. This painting is not far from where I led a painting holiday in France
Nature reclaiming Architecture – a History of House Prices in the Dordogne
‘Le Vieux Pont’ 2008 Watercolour. 28 x 38cm (15 x 11 inches). © The Artist. A Short History of House Prices in the Dordogne Here’s a story for the Quatorze Juillet about ‘les anglais debarquement en Dordogne’… An old crumbling bridge over a stream, an abandoned road, the ghosts of yesteryears, deep in the woods,…
Quatorze Juillet en Dordogne
14 Juillet en Dordogne…parties & fireworks. Hoping to get out painting tonight (teaching tomorrow) as it is a good paint. Next post is about the English in Dordogne & house prices… & here’s an expert from last year’s bloggy Jour de la Republique… TONALITY : ’14 Juilliet – Fête de la Republique’ ‘Quatorze Juillet, Beaumont,…
Cliff in the Vezérè Valley, Dordogne – ‘Sous La Ruth No.2’
‘Sous La Ruth No.2’ Watercolour. 30 x 42cm – A3 © The Artist. related posts in the rocks & cliffs & prehistory categories: Cliff in the Vezérè Valley – ‘Sous Le Ruth, No.1’ How to draw rocks & cliffs part one How to draw rocks & cliffs part two How to draw rocks & cliffs…
Cliff in the Vezérè Valley – ‘Sous Le Ruth, No.1’
‘Sous Le Ruth, No.1’ Watercolour. A3 – 29 x 42 cm © The Artist. Typical rock formation of overhanging cliffs in the Vezérè A5 sketchbook How to draw rocks & cliffs part one – Marcilhac sur Célé – stone lithography How to draw rocks & cliffs part two – Pen & Ink-Leonardo da Vinci-Stone Lithography…