Pirogh Hesse

Two portraits of Claude, one with Payne's gray watercolor and few fountain-pen ink lines, and the second only with ink lines, using hatching.

Claude at la Guitoune, 30' pose. Watercolor and fountain-pen ink, about 30x42cm.

Fountain-pen and watercolor, 42x30cm, 10' poses.

Chantal at la Guitoune, 30' pose. Watercolor, about 30x42cm.

The first Saturday of each month, there is a sketchcrawl in Grenoble. Today afternoon, 25 people gather in the Minim monastery of Grenoble to draw and paint.

Watercolor, about 21x30cm.

I did a two weeks long travel in Québec where I painted on the spot in a small A4 watercolor sketch book that I've done myself, as described in my previous blog post Travel by bike. I also did some sketches with a fineliner-pen. I stayed one week in Montréal where I admired the staircases in front of the houses.

I also went to the Jean Talon market and sketched Hazel, 18 months old, my little-stepdaughter while she was trying on my wife’s sandals.

I also visited Kamouraska.

Sketches, about 15x21cm. Watercolors, about 21x30cm.

Nicole at la Guitoune, 30' pose. Watercolor, about 30x42cm.

Geneviève at la Guitoune, 30' pose. Watercolor, about 30x42cm.

Alexis at la Guitoune, 30' pose. Watercolor, about 30x42cm.

I travel this week-end in Lovagny, Savoy, and painted a chalet:

Watercolor, about 21x30cm.

During a bike travel in Bavaria with saddlebags and camping tent, I did some sketches with a fineliner-pen and also painted on the spot in a small A4 watercolor sketch book that I've done myself, as described in my previous blog post Travel by bike. I started from Mulhouse, progressed along the Rhein and joined the lake Constance.

Then, I reached Füssen where is the famous Neuschwanstein castel by by Ludwig II of Bavaria.

I then turned north on the Romantische Straße during about 400 kilometers. I was impressed by the old cities, some of them with buildings from medieval times: Augsburg, Nördlingen and Rothenburg.

I finally turned west, reached Heidelberg and next Strasbourg.

Sketches, about 15x21cm. Watercolors, about 21x30cm.