Pirogh Hesse

Hélène at l'ESAD. Charcoal, about 50x65cm. Life figure sketch, about 15mn.

Tiyi at l'ESAD. Charcoal, about 50x65cm. Life figure sketch, about 15mn.

Clarinha at l'ESAD. Charcoal, about 50x65cm. Life figure sketch, about 15mn.

Stéphane at l'ESAD. Charcoal, about 50x65cm. Life figure sketch, about 15mn.

Sarah at l'ESAD. Charcoal, about 50x65cm. Life figure sketch, about 15mn.

I travel by bike along the Léman lake, using the Via Rhona, between France and Swissland. I stop sometimes for a quick sketch: this one is performed near Genève.

Fineliner-pen, about 15x21cm. Landscape sketch, about 10mn.

Tiyi at la Guitoune. Charcoal, about 50x65cm. Life figure sketch, about 20mn.

Marianne at l'ESAD. Graphite, about 42x30cm. Life figure sketch, 5mn and then 10mn.

Here are two still-life studied at l'ESAD. The first one is a teapot, essentially monochrome, with touches of red for the fire.

The second one is a monochrome reinterpretation of Nature morte au pain painted in 1927 by Maurice Vlamink, and that is exposed in Musée d’Art moderne de Paris.

Acrylic, 50x65cm. About 4 hours each of them.

In september, I did a travel a week long in Athens. I first visited the Acropolis and painted on the spot both the Parthenon and the Caryatid porch of the Erechtheion with watercolor in a small A4 sketch book that I've done myself, as described in my previous blog post Travel by bike.

Next, I went to the archaeological museum and discovered Mycenaean fresco of Tiryns. I was so impressed that I reproduce some of them. The previous woman portrait is my watercolor reproduction of the original, done between 1400 and 1200 BC, which is now in this museum. A photography of it is available here.

I also reproduced some fresco from Akrotiri. The following spring fresco dates from 1600-1500 BC.

I was very impressed by the style and freedom of these artists of the ancient Greece. Similaryly, the young boxers, from the same period:

Watercolor, about 21x30cm. About 2 hours each of them.