Painting the world as I see it
Friday, September 13, 2024
I am starting a series of sketches on the Kasbah of Algiers (La Casbah d’Alger), an UNESCO World Heritage Site. There will be studies based on my own photos and on photos from the internet, with the purpose of allowing me to get familiar with the traditional architecture of the […]
Pen and ink
Pen and ink on paper, 24×32 cm
Pen and ink on paper, 32×24 cm
An aquarelle (French for watercolor) speaking about hope, about living under brighter horizons. A man sits on the grass, near a logs cabin on a hill slope and gazes in the distance, at the sun rising over the mountains. Ink and watercolors on paper, 24×32 cm.
A line-and-wash approach of a UK picturesque landmark, the XVI century Lindisfarne Castle from Northumberland, England. Based on a photo by Georgiana Fry. Ink and watercolor in my sketchbook, 20×20 cm
The House with Caryatids (Casa cu Cariatide), one of the best known buildings in Sibiu, Romania, mainly for its wooden portal framed by two splendid women statues supporting the wrought iron balcony on their shoulders. Ink and wash, watercolor painting, 32×24 cm