Pirogh Hesse

At the end of April, Clematis opened on my balcony: I was so happy that I did a painting of one flower. Next, I did a travel to Lovagny, close to Annecy in Savoy, and visited the family. I also painted a chalet.

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Watercolor, about 21x30cm.

In April, I did a travel a week long in Corsica. I first visited Bonifacio in the south of the island. I painted a view of its famous houses above the sea with watercolor in a small A4 sketch book that I've done myself, as described in my previous blog post Travel by bike.

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Next, I went to the north of the Corsica island in L'Île Rousse. These watercolors are about 21x30cm and took about 1 hour each. I also prepared some postal cards, about 10x15cm, that I sanded to family and friends:

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When walking in the maquis shrubland, I also draw quick sketches with a fineliner-pen, about 15x21cm and about 10' each of them. I visited a small portion of the GR 20 footpath that started in Conca crosses the island. I also walked in the Agriate, with scenic views over the sea and smell of flowering maquis in spring.

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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.

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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.

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

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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:

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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.

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

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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:

Back in Grenoble after a travel during the holidays, I continued watercolor sketches from the quais and river bridge.

Then, I visited my family in the Alps, first in Lovagny where there live in a chalet and then in Novalaise where they restored an old farm.

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Watercolor, about 21x30cm.

During a bike trip with saddlebags and camping tent, I painted on the spot some watercolors of the scencic landscapes of the south of France. I left Grenoble, joined the via Rhôna and I then, reached Saint-Agrève and later, Rodez:

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I drew fitst a quit sketch using a fineliner-pen and then introduced the watercolors. I used a small A4 sketch book that I've done myself with some watercolor paper, a cardboard sheet for the back, a transparent slide for the top and a a string for the binding. As for sketches in less than 10mn, I fixed here to finish each watercolor in about one hour.

Going back, I stopped few days in Die:

This is a charming small town circled by Gallo-Roman city walls:

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Watercolors, about 21x30cm.