Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Drawing in France 3

French Dreamin' ---Part Three


Well, the French drawing posts have certainly been drawing comments and visitors. If you keep stopping by, and keep commenting, I'll keep posting.

Today's group are straight from a French sketchbook. the pages are roughly 8 1/2 x 11" in the original, reduced to fit on the blog page.

You'll see that I generally stress those parts which I most need to remember (often structures and buildings) and I often do the landscape just in outline. Sometimes all I'm after is the sweep of a particular composition, not the particular facts.

In any event, enjoy these pages...and comment (or else!)

Donald







8 comments:

  1. Thanks for more good things to look at! The thoughts behind your method are very helpful.

    I am reminded of Van Gogh's drawing notebooks where he used a Japanese bamboo pen (I think)and his drawings had the same rhythmic quality as his paintings.

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    1. Thanks, Pam. Thanks for commenting. I'm glad it's helpful.

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  2. Great! A lot of rivers/canals/roads there - "voies de transport"! I'm surprised thay are as small as that - are they done with graphite pencils? They are very alive - my mind projects weather and color iinto them...

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    1. I only use one grade of pencil... "B".
      The advantage of not specifying actual weather, color, etc., is that the drawing can be an armature on which you hang whatever is your pleasure. Perhaps a drawing might become a painting of an autumn noon, and another time it might be a summer moonlight. Too much information---in drawing and in painting----shackles the imagination.

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  3. Thanks for posting these! Are they all done en plein air, or do you sometimes draw from imagination or memory? They are all so consistently satisfying as compositions that I imagine you must adjust nature to suit your vision to some degree. Each one is a gem, please keep 'em coming....

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  4. Thanks, Paarath. Have à look at instagram @donaldjurney

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