Pirogh Hesse

The first Saturday of each month, there is a sketchcrawl in Grenoble. Today afternoon, about 20 people gather in the Grenoble city arround the Fontaine des trois ordres:

Watercolor, about 21x30cm.

Once a month, Gilles Durand gives a watercolor class. I'm taking the class this year, and today is the first one of the year: I worked on a landscape from a photography:

Watercolor, about 21x30cm.

Clarinha at la Guitoune. Watercolor and fineliner-pen, about 21x30cm. Life figure sketch, about 15mn.

The second Saturday of each month, there is a Traits sauvages meeting around Grenoble. Today, about 12 people gather in the fort du Mûrier to draw and paint.

Watercolor, about 21x30cm.

Watercolor and fineliner-pen, 21x30cm, about 10' pose.

I took part in a four-days plain-air painting workshop organized by Stéphane Pau at l'Étoile-de-Voiron, near Grenoble.

Watercolour, about 21x30 cm.

Two watercolor portraits of Corinne, one with Payne's grey and the second with Sienna eart.

Corinne at la Guitoune, 20' pose. Watercolor and fountain-pen ink, about 30x21cm.

In April, I did a travel a week long in Corsica, near L'Île Rousse. I painted some landscapes with watercolor in a small A4 sketch book that I've done myself, as described in my previous blog post Travel by bike. These watercolors are about 21x30cm and took about 1 hour each. I also draw quick sketches with a fineliner-pen, about 15x21cm and about 10' each of them. I first went in Algojola.

Then, I went to Porto, in the natural park:

Two portraits of Andy, one with Sienna earth watercolor and the second only with ink lines, using hatching.

Andy at la Guitoune, 30' pose. Watercolor and fountain-pen ink, about 30x21cm.

I took part in a one-day workshop organized by Stéphane Pau at l'Étoile-de-Voiron, near Grenoble. Intense, very professional and very relaxed at the same time, with live poses ranging from 1 to 15 minutes. Three models intervened and I was able to deepen several techniques, in particular combining fountain-pen and watercolour.

Fountain-pen and watercolor, 21x30cm. Life figure sketch, from 5mn to 15mn.