Pirogh Hesse

Today, at l'ESAD, I worked on a sepia portrait. I chooses a portrait of Gustave Courbet: the links shows an original black-and-white photography due to Etienne Carjat, 1867. Yan Pei-Ming, a contemporary painter living in France, interpreted this photography in 2019: observe here his painting, which is monochrome in blue. My interpretation is also monochrome, but sepia:

Acrylic, monochrome sepia, 50x65cm.

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

Denis at la Guitoune. Charcoal, about 50x65cm. Portrait sketch, about 20mn.

Marianne is a new model at l'ESAD: she’s a little tense and kept her panties.

charcoal, about 50x65cm. Life figure sketches, about 15mn.

Miguel at l'ESAD. Charcoal, about 42x30cm. Life figure sketches, about 15mn.

Clarinha at l'ESAD. Charcoal, about 65x50cm. Life figure sketch, about 15mn.

At l'ESAD, I study portraits from John Larriva, a contemporary painter from Florida, USA. Here are my interpretation of Sunbeam (2014):

Then, I turned on Adore and Citrine, both originaly painted in 2015:

Acrylic, 50x65cm.

The first one combines apples, teapots, a coffee maker and I used charcoal on a kraft paper, The second one is a composition of bottles, using a sepia pastel pencil.

About 30x42cm.

During the all saints holiday, I travel to Belle-Ile-en-Mer, in Brittany: I paint some watercolors on the spot.

I use a small A4 sketch book that I've done myself, as described in my previous blog post Travel by bike. As for sketches in less than 10mn, I fix here to finish each watercolor in about one hour. Before to come back in Grenoble, I stop for a week-end in Paris and go at the Luxembourg garden:

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