Pirogh Hesse

Back from a travel in Brittany with lots of photos and beautiful scenery deep in the eyes, I started oil painting, more precisely a water-soluble oil.

This landscape is near Paimpol, on the hiking trail, the famous GR34, the former customs path. I was more confident with acrylic and I was surprised that I took long time to dry. So, I continue alla prima, with a with a thick layer of paint: I took about one month to be dry.

Water-soluble oil, 50x65cm.

I was in July in Brittany: I painted watercolors on the spot. I was in Plouescat and Loguivy, near Paimpol:

During this travel, I used a small A4 sketch book that I've done myself, as described in my previous blog post Travel by bike. I fixed here to finish each watercolor in about one hour. Next, I visited Roscoff and Meneham:

In Roscoff, I decided to send postcards that I would have made myself: on an A4 sheet, I included four of them, so cards are in A6 format. I fixed to finish each card in about 15mn.

Exhibition at l'ESAD, 3, rue Federico Garcia Lorca, Grenoble, from Wednesday 17 June and until Wednesday 24 June 2022. This is a collective exhibition of all the students of the school of fine arts of Grenoble (l'ESAD). Access map here.

I present three paintings and six drawings for this exhibition.

Camille at l'ESAD. Dry pastel on a kraft paper, about 42x30cm. Life figure sketch, about 15mn.

Clarinha at la Guitoune. Dry pastel, about 50x65cm. Life figure sketch, about 20mn.

Marianne at la Guitoune. Dry pastel on a kraft paper, about 42x30cm. Life figure sketch, about 15mn.

At the life class, we started as usual by short 2mn poses. I used sanguine and was for the first time not so disappointed by the result!

We then switch to 15mn poses and I used pastel:

Tiyi at l'ESAD. Dry pastel on a kraft paper, about 42x30cm. Life figure sketch, about 15mn.

Audrey at l'ESAD. Dry pastel on a kraft paper, about 30x42cm. Life figure sketch, about 15mn.

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

Audrey at l'ESAD. Sanguine on a kraft paper, about 30x42cm. Life figure sketch, about 15mn.