The Saint-Jacques district in Paris has been a constant source of inspiration to me. One day, as I was looking for new subjects, while I was browsing my notes I took a look across the back of our building. There…
I keep hearing that Montparnasse is no longer what it used to be, that the old spirit is no longer there, that the Montparnos, these bohemian artists aren't around anymore. Well, all the nay-sayers are at it to show that Montparnasse is a thing of the past, dead and buried. But rest assured you lovers of French culture, this is not true.
The Eiffel Tower (The Nits – Les Nuits / 2005) The Nits is a Dutch pop band I dote on very much. My favourite album is Les Nuits, a song sung in French which sounds beautifully ungrammatical. My favourite song…
Table tennis is an old memory. I haven’t played the game for a long long time now. When I posted that picture, I had the idea of checking the history of Ping Pong. As a matter of fact, I learnt…
At no. 38 rue Boulard in the 14th district of Paris, a huge porch gives access to the villa Louvat. Behind that beautiful art nouveau stone archway is a sort of corridor. This leads to an inner square in which a…
A wee study for a new watercolour in the making. It’s a very small 4×4 inches format on soft handmade 120-grammes watercolour paper (hence very hard to work with as my preferred grammage is 600 g which is a bit…
After years of neglect, I have finally decided to get back to my drawing board and here’s my latest watercolour. St Jacques at Dusk. Click picture to enlarge
Against A Mackerel Sky – John Betjeman is a watercolour inspired by John Betjeman’s Devonshire Street, W1 poem. Today’s challenge is half light and this watercolour is the perfect subject for it in my mind. I couldn’t find a photo which…
Inspired by the picture from my previous post, here’s a digital watercolour rendition of that still life.
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