Archive for the ‘France’ Category
Il Pleut
Posted by Rob | Filed under All Drawings, Exteriors, France
It rained so hard today that I thought it important that it became a part of the drawing. In the past some drawings have got wet through a little rain like Caledonian Rd In The Rain or Syncronised Spoons (the water here was actually thrown at me) but today I stood in the down pour to see what would happen.
Small Stupa
Posted by Rob | Filed under All Drawings, France
Twas The Arrow That Did Em
Posted by Rob | Filed under All Drawings, France, People
Catharism was a religious movement with dualist Christian and Gnostic elements that appeared in the Languedoc in the eleventh century and flourished in the 12th century. It was condemned by the contemporary Roman Catholic Church either as a heretical Christian sect or sometimes as a non-Christian religion. The fundamental doctrine of the Cathars that Roman Catholics regarded as heretical was interpreting the ‘resurrection’ as a doctrine of ‘Rebirth’, as against a physical raising of a dead body from the grave. Catharism existed throughout much of Western Europe, but its focus was in Languedoc and surrounding areas - Occitania - what is now southern France.
Wikipedia
Twas The Arrows That Did Em are two Cathars from Montsegur that were killed in the 13th century by the Crusaders because they refused to renounce their religious beliefs.
Black Madonna 2
Posted by Rob | Filed under All Drawings, Europe, France, Germany
The area in the South East of the Pyrennes is full of mystery and tragedy when it comes to religious orientation. This is a 12th century Black Madonna in Notre Dame church in Limoux.
La Valdieu
Posted by Rob | Filed under All Drawings, France
The place we are staying for the week
Moonrise
Posted by Rob | Filed under All Drawings, France
Mt Bezu in LaValdieu.
Le Petit Dejeuner
Posted by Rob | Filed under All Drawings, France
The strong rustic southern French countryside aesthetic.
Dorment Leaf
Posted by Rob | Filed under Aimie Littler, All Drawings, France
For a while now I’ve been thinking about looking as I draw again. I made a few attempts but still observational drawings from life frustrate me. They are too stagnent for my liking. However with some time away from the studio and nothing but a sketchbook and mountain air I’ve spent time redrawing my original “Conscious Reflex Drawing“. I draw as normal capturing a specific time and space and then reinterpret it. The drawing below is a redrawing of the drawing above. It’s not finished yet (as in I will redraw it again) but here is the image in progress.
A Drink For The Dinosaurs
Posted by Rob | Filed under All Drawings, France, Life Stills
Back from the Pyrenees and the drawings from the time away.