J-G.VIBERT ‘The Delights of Art’ 1896 engraving This is an illustration for his satrical short story ‘ The Delights of Art’ (The Century magazine, 1896), in which a sun beam discusses with the curtain the merits of the Cardinal’s éclatiste painting ( literally ”dazzlers’ being the name that some critics gave the Impressionists, with their…
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Watercolour Pages on Website Updated
I’ve updated & organised two pages of watercolours on my artists-atelier.com website: Watercolour Gallery 1 : Selected Recent Watercolours 2007 (18 images) Watercolour Gallery 2 : Selected Recent Watercolours 2000 – 2006 (18 images) I’ve only got a cranky, old, freebie, promotional copy of Dreamweaver 1, which is very buggy & difficult to use, so…
Drawings of a Guitar Player – Living a Creative Life – Inigo ROSE, fresco artist
Drawings of a Guitar Player Inigo 1 sanguine A5 sketchbook © The Artist. Inigo 2 sanguine A5 sketchbook © The Artist. Inigo 3 graphite A5 sketchbook © The Artist. Living a Creative Life – The Importance of Significant Others Yesterday I spent the day with my old friend Inigo ROSE. One of the things I…
Vivienne ‘KITCHEN TABLE SKETCHES’ : Paintings of Painters Painting : Drawings of Draughts-Persons Drawing
‘Artist Sketching’ Vivienne pencil in sketchbook Link to Vivienne’s blog -Kitchen Table Sketches >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERNET COLLABORATIVE PROJECT…. Paintings of Painters Painting : Drawings of Draughts-Persons Drawing All levels welcome, from genius to absolute beginner. Preferably your own work. Ongoing Project. I thought it might be fun to gather…
Cathy GATLAND – Paintings of Painters Painting : Drawings of Draughts-Persons Drawing
‘Vivienne at Lanquais’ Cathy Gatland watercolour 40 x 25 cm ‘ Palette layout Diagram – with Painters Tea-Break insert’ Cathy Gatland A5 Sketchbook Cathy Gatland link to Blog – A Sketch in Time >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERNET COLLABORATIVE PROJECT…. Paintings of Painters Painting : Drawings of Draughts-Persons Drawing All levels…
Artists and Ecology #2 – Robert HAINARD – how to ‘blind contour draw’
‘Hibou Effrayé’ Robert Hainard Bronze 32 cm Robert Hainard (Born in Geneva, 1906, lived a long time in the French Jura & died in 1999) is sadly not widely known outside of France & Switzerland. He is rightly considered one of Europe’s greatest ‘artiste-animalier’ (animal artists). His book « Les Mammifères Sauvages d’Europe »(Delachaux &…
Festival d’Art Flore Faune en Périgord Pourpre – Artists & Ecology
Here’s the details of the Fourth Festival d’Art en Périgord Pourpre. The opening night is at the mairie de Thenac on the 31 May at 19,30hrs. Expositions du 31 mai au 8 juin 2008 dans les villes d’ Eymet, Cunèges, Puyguilhem (Thénac), Saussignac et Sigoulès I believe I’m in Eymet at Le Centre Culturel with…
Quatre Carte-Postales de Mon Co-Locataire, l’Hibou
I’ve been invited to exhibit in the 4eme Festivale de Flore Faune en Périgord. Details & dates to follow in next post. Here’s what I’m putting in, boxed up along with the bilingual explanation notes. Quatre Carte-Postales de Mon Co-Locataire, l’Hibou (fr) = Fur Post Cards of my Room Mate, the Owl. (en) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>…
France plans loans for art buyers
France plans loans for art buyers I quote from the BBC news article at the above link…. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The government says interest-free loans will be offered to “modest” buyers to purchase works and it is expanding incentives for companies to buy. A survey out this week showed that, for the first time, France had dropped…
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]