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Sunday, July 22, 2012

Snow in Winnipeg

oil on paper 2,5"x3,5"

It was a very small painting,  for DPW, after Lemoine Fitzgerald.It's a cityscape, in fact in Winnipeg, where this painter spent his whole life, and he was one of the Group of Seven. We are here at 3 hours from Winnipeg, where my husband was born, and we spent 3 lovely summer months every year ;when we had our connection at Montreal airport from France, 3 people, at different security points, asked us:But, leaving near Bordeaux, why on earth do you go to Winnipeg?Apparently, it's not very popular, I suppose because the very low climate conditions in winter.So, painting a ACEO it's a quite tricky thing, but not unpleasant!
C'est une très petite peinture, comme sujet de cette semaine sur DPW.C'est peint d'après Lemoine FItzgerald, un paysage de Winnipeg, Manitoba, où il a passé toute sa vie, et il était un des group of Seven.Nous sommes ici à 3h de route de Winnipeg, et lorsque nous avons changé d'avion à Montréal, en provenance de France, 3 personnes à des points de sécurité différents, étaient curieux de savoir pourquoi nous allions à Winnipeg.Sous-entendu:il n'y a rien à faire là-bas!Je dois dire que mon mari est né là, et nous avons des liens dans cette région, nous passons tous les ans nos 3 mois d'été ici, au lac des Bois, où nous avons nos amis depuis longtemps. Donc, peindre sur une surface si petite n'était pas une mince affaire, mais pas désagréable!

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Sunday cake



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oil on board 6"x6"

Well,of course, it could be a sunday cake here, on the other side of the Atlantic , but this one is from France. We have been arrived for fifteen days now,and I needed this time to adapt, and begin to paint.So, it is a picture I had taken with me ans started to paint before.Here, I have my Artisans water mixing oil , it's not the same thing as the other ones.

The colours are nice, but the behaviour of the brushes not!So, I have to be patient and I hope it will come more easily...We have no power here, and our Internet connection is note regular.In the next days I'll put some pictures of our summer cottage.
So, have a nice Sunday!



Thursday, July 5, 2012

What's your name?

oil on board 6" x'4"

This little shi tzu dog  was looking very intensely to Sabine's cat,our teacher in the painting studio where I used to go once a week, in Bordeaux, this year.I had to kneel very low to take the picture, and she was so cute, I suppose she had a new haircut.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Zygoena Carniolica

oil on board 5" x 7"
This week, the subject for DPW was any  insect.
I tried to choose one I didn't know, so it is a butterfly gathering a mauve flower.

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Gwen-ha-du ( white and black

oil on board 5" x 7"
This is the flag of Brittany. It is composed of five black stripes representing its French speaking areas (high Brittany) and four white stripes its Breton speaking areas (low Brittany); the ermine spots indicate the whole province.
It was considered for years as a separatist symbol; now,no longer having any political connotation,it can be seen everywhere in Brittany, and flown on sail and fishing boats.
Brittany is the province where I was born and where I lived for twenty years.
Of course, with those stripes, it still was inspired by DPW!
Il s'agit du drapeau Breton.Il se compose de cinq bandes noires représentant les diocèses où l'on parlait Français, et quatre bandes blanches pour ceux de langue Bretonne. Les queues d'hermine indiquent la province dans sa globalité. Longtemps considéré comme un symbole séparatiste, il n'a désormais plus de connotation politique, et on peut le voir partout en Bretagne, à terre et en mer.
Je suis née en Bretagne et y ai vécu vingt ans.
Evidemment, ces rayures étaient encore inspirées par DPW!

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Zébrures (stripes)

oil on board 5" x 7"

I was inspired this week by the subject about stripes, so there is my second attempt .It's a piece of fabric, I had a lot of fun doing this. 
J'ai été inspirée cette semaine avec les rayures, aussi voici ma deuxième participation.Il    s'agit d'un morceau de tissu, et c'était très agréable à  réaliser .     


Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Winter in Neuilly

Oil on board 5" x 7"                                         

It was  my participation for DPW challenge, this week, where we had to paint stripes.I didn't want to detail, so...
C'était ma participation pour le défi de DPW, où on nous demandait de peindre des rayures. Je ne voulais pas entrer dans les détails, donc...

Sunday, June 3, 2012

White lilies


oil on board 5" X 7"

This month, on PADT, we were given by Lela Stankovic a lovely picture of white lilies.
She attracted our attention on the great varieties of colours we can find in those white colours.Before sending my painting to PADT , I read several times the instructions of Lela, and each time discover something new which gives me the idea to start again a better one, that is very stimulating.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Nightcap

oil on board 5" X 7"
After dinner, before going to bed, I like to take a mint infusion (with a piece of mint chocolate) in this mug.The rubber strawberry bag contains herbs;I painted it for DPW challenge;we were asked to paint something with polka dots.I rummaged around to find something, I remember I used to have a polka dot blouse somewhere, but I am sure this mug was more simple to do!
Après le dîner, j'aime prendre une tisane de menthe(avec un unique carré de chocolat)) dans cette mug. La fraise de caoutchouc contient les herbes.J'ai peint ceci pour DPW, où on nous demandait de produire un truc à pois. J'ai cherché partout, me suis rappelée qu'à une époque je portais un chemisier ivoire à pois noirs, mais cette mug était surement plus simple, donc j'ai laissé là mes investigations.Et voilà!

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Did you post my letter?


When is the next collection?
If you've already walked through the streets of a French village, you couldn't have missed those old yellow mailboxes, hanging on walls. For how long more, I don't know. The subject proposed by Abbey  Ryan this week for DPW was yellow colour. And what does it mean for me? Sun, spring, revival, joy, gaiety; I smile while pronouncing"yellow". That's  not the case with "black", for instance. Strangely, I don't wear yellow clothes.

A quand la prochaine levée?
Si vous avez déjà parcouru les rues d'un petit village Français, vous n'avez pas pu manquer ces anciennes boîtes à lettre jaunes, accrochées au mur.Pour combien de temps encore, je me le demande.
Le sujet proposé par Abbey Ryan pour DPW challenge cette semaine est la couleur jaune.Que signifie-t-elle pour moi?le soleil, le printemps, le renouveau, la gaieté.Je souris quand je prononce "jaune", mais pas "noi", par exemple. Bizarrement, je ne porte pas de vêtements jaunes.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Manon

Indigo pencil on bristol 9" x11"
My first intention was to paint her with oil, but I wanted to do a sketch before, and,one thing leading to another, I spent a few hours on the drawing. But I don't give up later!
Mon intention première était de la peindre à l'huile, mais avant cela je voulais faire une esquisse;de fil en aiguille, je me suis attachée à cette fillette, et ai passé quelques heures à la dessiner.Mais je ne désespère pas, pour plus tard!

Friday, April 27, 2012

Happy day

oil on board 6" x6"
This painting, done for DPW after a given picture  by Rita Kirkman, had started well.After about 3 hours, I was quite glad;I should have stopped, but the day after I went on, and it got damaged, and the worse,it was very hard to take a right picture.I'll try to better next time...
Cette peinture, exécutée pour DPW d'après une photo donnée par Rita Kirkman (c'est une spécialiste des vaches, j'adore) était bien partie.Après 3 heures, j'étais contente du résultat.Malheureusement le lendemain j'ai continué,et ça a mal tourné.De plus, impossible de prendre une photo correcte. J'ai dû m'y prendre plusieurs fois, sur plusieurs jours, je ne voulais pas envoyer un mauvais cliché.Et même là, je crois que ce n'est pas sec, d'où un résultat douteux.Mais enfin, je me dis qu'il n'y a pas mort d'homme, je suppose que ça arrive à d'autres  aussi.Donc, je ferai mieux la prochaine fois!

Monday, April 23, 2012

Hair hanging loose

oil on board 4" x 6"
I could'nt resist to paint this spagniel, once more.I like it's expression, with it's nose up in the wind and it's teeth which come over, it makes me think about someone.. 

Saturday, April 21, 2012

I'M AN ENGLISH ONE


I think it will be my last dog's painting of the week!
oil on board 6" x 6"
It's an English bulldog, that's why the title.

Friday, April 20, 2012

OUT FOR A WALK ?

Oil on board 6" x6"
I was inspired this week by DPW  to do this serie of dogs. It was my choice, because the subject was to paint a close-up of any animal face, and imagine it's thoughts.Other ones painted all sort of funny faces, so have a look here and see how they enjoyed to do it.