Resuming Work After Two Years : Saint Jacques at night
Boy, I feel bad! Such a long time without posting anything on this blog. In a way I’m not surprised as it seems I have done nothing but work, day in day out, for these past 2 years. So here…
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shopwindow cat in Douvres (Normandy)
I spotted that white legged shopwindow cat in Douvres (not Dover, but its Normandy equivalent, Douvres la Délivrande, near Caen). This little town is mostly famous for its art nouveau pharmacy and its beautiful church but what caught my eye…
The London Eye seen from Plantation Place, Fenchurch Street, London
Here is a sketch of a view of the London Eye seen from Plantation Place, Frenchuch Street in the City of London. The drawing was made using an EF Artpen by Rotring and crayons. The hatching and cross-hatching technique is…
3 views of Paris around Denfert Rochereau
These 3 views are a follow-up on previous sketches done and published on this website. I translated the sketches to watercolours in a triptych.
Villa Louvat in Paris near Daguerre
At Number 38 rue Boulard in Paris (14th arrondissement), there is a huge arch leading to a group of buildings named Villa Louvat. At the end of the archway, two converted workshops can be found on either side of a…
In Port Royal, a famous cloister yet almost forgotten
Back to Paris. Very close to the Port Royal (RER) underground station you may find the eponymous abbey. A famous religious place which used to be the centre of jansenism. Famous writers and philosphers like Pascal and Racine for instance…
Villennes sur Seine
Villennes sur Seine is a small town in the west of Paris on the river Seine. I painted that watercolour after a stroll by the river. It strikes me that trees are usually pollarded (that is to say “cut to…
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