I am working hard on landscapes in watercolour. And October is just getting more and more beautiful by the day. I am almost hyperventilating, fearing that I won’t be able to gt enough sketches and paintings done before autumn moves into winter.
Les vaches
watercolor and pencil in watercolour sketchbook21X29.7cm
wood ferns
watercolor and pencil in watercolour sketchbook21X29.7cm
Until next time
Ronelle
I wasn’t satisfied with the gargoyle sketch 2 posts ago and even leaving it to the art fairy didn’t help. In fact the more I looked at it, the worse it got. So today I decided to redo it. I am still not in heaven about the sketch, but at least it is a bit better and I am tired of that spot in the garden. I suppose you can’t win all the time.And now I have to move on.
Gargoyle fountain
watercolour and dip pen with black ink in daler rowney sketchbook, 21X29.7cm
I sat myself in the same spot outside on the terrace as yesterday and did 2 more sketches . I have now almost made a complete 360 degrees turn and sketched what I saw in front of me. This time I faced the house and sketched one of the two comfy chairs under the kitchen window on the terrace. The chandelier hanging under the grapevine was next with the crystals catching the sunlight and flashing in all the colours..I can’t do it justice, but I remember it.
comfy chair on the terrace
watercolor and nib pen with blck ink in Daler rowney sketchbook, 21X29.7cm
Chandelier hanging under grapevine
watercolor and nib pen with blck ink in Daler rowney sketchbook, 21X29.7cm
I sat out in the garden today and turned my chair 180 degrees to get to 4 sketches. My anduze pot with a young cycad , then the apple tree behind a table, the gagoile fountain next to a potted lemon tree and lastly the old barn door with a lost sunflower beside it. All 4 sketches are somewhat wonky: the cycad in the first sketch is really terrible and the gargoyle is yotally off scale and askew…in reality the gargoyle is beautiuful, orignating from the 13th centurychateau de Chauvigny and it was a birthday giort from mon chéri many years ago.
..anduze pot with a young cycad..
watercolor and pentel brush pen in Daler Rowney sketchbook, 21X29.7 cm
..apple tree and table with terracotta pot..
watercolor and pentel brush pen in Daler Rowney sketchbook, 21X29.7 cm
..gargoyle fountain beside a potted lemon tree against a stone wall..
watercolor and dip pen with black ink in Daler Rowney sketchbook, 21X29.7 cm
..old barn door with wilted sunflower..
watercolor and dip pen with black ink in Daler Rowney sketchbook, 21X29.7 cm
à bientôt
Ronell
Our porcherie(little pighouse) at Coin Perdu. A fairly dilapidated outbuilding here on the farm where the pigs were kept. It will be turned into something, don’t know yet what.
..porcherie..
watercolour and dip pen in S&B sketcbook,
We have a magnitude of keys, some from the brocantes, some found in the attic, some dug up, some lost ones, some unknown ones and some…well, just some.
..keys..
watercolour and Pentel brush pen in S&B sketcbook,
My shoes are covered in oil paints. I wear them when I go plein air painting and when I go to town. I wear them whenever, because they are comfy and being so colourful, they go with everything.
..painting shoes..
watercolour and Pentel brush pen in S&B sketcbook,
I first considered sketching my seductive love handles in a mirror and I even started, but in fear of having my grotesque image become viral on internet, I thought the better of it. So I stuck to an ordinary door handle. On the stable door. Our 2 year old filly loves this handle and discovered that it is a great scratching tool for her nozzle and head and everything which can reach so far. She also discovered that she can open it. She fits her nose right under the latch and with a quick swift she lifts and pushes at the same time, making the door swing backwards. And then of course she just casually steps out as if this is normal everyday routine and hits the road. Fortunately the door has swollen now from all the rain and gets stuck at the bottom. She couldn’t yet figure that one out. To her utter dismay, I might add.
..Dumêla and the stable door handle..
watercolour and nib pen and J. Herbin inks in Stillman and Birn Alpha sketchbook, 22.9×15.2 cm
à demain avec “something with an interesting label”.
Ronelle
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