Painting

Sunday 13. 06. 10 It has been a week of very unseasonable weather. I have been housesitting George and Laurene’s house and had had visions of spending the afternoons lounging by the pool. Sadly last Sunday was the only time when it wasn’t either raining or overcast, until yesterday. Last night was Claire’s vernissage in Baillarges so drove there with Gisèle and Jonathan. There was a good turn out and it gave Jonathan and I a good idea of what to expect when we have our show there from 3 – 10 July.

Friday 02. 04. 10. I think that I may have finally finished Winter Landscape so have hung it in the living room. I’ll know if it is finished if after seeing it there every day I can’t find anything that I want to change. Picked up new scooter yesterday afternoon and have been burning rubber since. It certainly has a bit more puissance than the old one.I went to my life-drawing at Octon last night and the model didn’t turn up. By general consensus we all stepped up to the plate, so to speak, except we remained clothed. The other two men in the class left – I guess it wasn’t worth staying to draw clothed people.

Monday 29. 03. 10 I have been experimenting with folded prints. I have printed an aquatint of the subject on the outside with words defining their interests on the inside. I’m hoping to do some larger monoprints exploring this idea. Anybody recognize the subject?

Wednesday 10. 03. 10 Yesterday was a very productive day. I managed to do a small (8″ x 10″) painting of Winter Landscape and I started on the first of my white van series White van before the storm. I painted both using thin linseed glazes. The small one is finished but I’m waiting for the White van to dry before working on the plane trees and the vines.

Monday 01. 03. 10 I have been back at the Winter Landscape again today and have also started working on a monoprint of a van in a vineyard. Perhaps the first in a series?

Wednesday 10. 02. 10 Yesterday had a great book club meeting with a lively discussion of Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden, an excellent read. Also yesterday The Rider by Tim Krabbé arrived from Amazon which I read overnight – 150 pages about a bike race around Mont Aigoual just north of Montpellier. Great read. Today spent the morning at the market and had coffee with Laurene and George at Les Negociants. This afternoon have been back at George, the painting, adding more to the woods and starting on the foreground bed of leaves.

Saturday 06. 02. 10 This is the drawing on a yellow ground for the winter landscape near Plaissan. I am hoping this colour will work with the more acidic colours at this time of the year.