La falaise à Dieppe, d’après Monet

Monet's cliffs are so extraordinary — you just want to go to the Normandy coast and apply paint the way he did back in 1882. The original Monet is 65x82cm while mine is much smaller.

“La falaise a Dieppe” d'après Claude Monet
22x27cm, Cobra oil on canvas

Happy Thanksgiving!

This one is based on a photo by Gaynor Lewis in the EARL Facebook Group (Every Artists Reference Library).

“Pardon me?”
15x15cm, Cobra oil on canvas panel

Tonalism

“Setting the tone”
14x24cm, Cobra oil on linen canvas

 

A Photogenic Chicken

I never knew there were so many different varieties of chicken. This one is from a photograph on the Artists Free Reference Photos group on Facebook. The photographer, Pam Fretwell, noted that it is a Black Rhode, a cross between a Rhode Island Red and a Plymouth Rock. In any case, the breed is very paintable. 

"A Photogenic Chicken" 

10x15cm, Cobra oil on gessoed cardboard

(private collection, Woluwe Saint Lambert) 

Quatre Vaches

 

The Internet has become a huge reservoir of reference material for artists. On Facebook there are now several groups where photographers post their photographs for artists to use as inspiration for their work.  This is handy during the pandemic when you don't want to spend too much time on the street. The above oil sketch is based on a photograph by Carol Shockett. I read in the group's rules that it's not obligatory to mention the photographer unless you are posting to the group but I like to credit the source. 

I'm trying out Cobra paints, a water-based oil paint by Talens. You dont need to use turpentine so that makes them ideal for indoor work.

"Quatre vaches"
10x15 cm, Cobra oil on canvas panel

Three pears

Now that a new "partial lockdown" has started in Belgium, I'm working from Internet images again and using water-soluble oil paints. I've discovered several Facebook groups offering free reference photos for artists. Rachel Marks took the photograph that inspired my small painting above.

"Three pears"
13x18cm, Cobra oil on canvas
(private collection, Gooik)