December evening sky

Ciel d'un soir de décembre - Dezemberabendhimmel

Indian ink on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 15 x 21 cm / 6 x 8 1/4 in.

Saint Tropez, Chapelle de la Miséricorde

Indian ink on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 21 x 15 cm / 8 1/4 x 6 in.

Saint Tropez, Place de la Garonne

Indian ink on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 21 x 15 cm / 8 1/4 x 6 in.

Griffin (at a stone statue retailer)

Griffon (chez un marchand de statues en pierre) - Greif (beim Steinfigurenhändler)

Graphite pencil on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 21 x 15 cm / 8 1/4 x 6 in.

Snow in the mountains

De la neige dans la montagne - Schnee in den Bergen

Black ballpoint pen and graphite pencil on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 15 x 21 cm / 6 x 8 1/4 in.

Landscape with clouded sky

Paysage avec ciel couvert - Landschaft mit bewölktem Himmel

Graphite pencil and lithographic ink on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 15 x 21 cm / 6 x 8 1/4 in.

Landscape with roundabout

Paysage avec rond point - Landschaft mit Kreisverkehr

Lithographic ink on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 21 x 15 cm / 8 1/4 x 6 in.

Bread in a December night

Pain dans une nuit de décembre - Brot in einer Dezembernacht

Pastel and litho crayon on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 10,5 x 15 cm / 4 x 6"

Landscape with mythical creature

View southwards from the Media Garden Hotel, with a mythical creature from Hieronymus Bosch's "Garden of Earthly Delight" -
Vue depuis le Media Garden Hotel vers le sud avec une créature fabuleuse du "Jardin des délices" de Jérôme Bosch -
Blick vom Media Garden Hotel südwärts, mit einem Fabelwesen aus Hieronymus Bosch's "Garten der Lüste"

Graphite pencil on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 21 x 15 cm / 8 1/4 x 6"

Landscape with smoke from the incinerator

Paysage avec fumée de l'usine d'incinération - Landschaft mit Rauch von der Müllverbrennungsanlage

Graphite pencil and watercolor on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 15 x 21 cm / 6 x 8 1/4"

Free daily drawing #4

Landscape with street - Paysage avec route - Landschaft mit Strasse

I decided to make another free drawing - free to the conditions described under "about me".

Graphite on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 15 x 21 cm / 6 x 8 1/4"

• Update 18th March 2007: This one goes to Stuart Hoar in Christchurch, New Zealand

Landscape #3

Paysage - Landschaft

Graphite pencil on 170 g (80 lb) paper
ca. 15 x 20 cm / 6 x 8"

The Falicon Pyramid

La pyramide de Falicon - Die Pyramide von Falicon

Graphite pencil on 170 g (80 lb) paper
ca. 15 x 20 cm / 6 x 8"

November evening sky

Ciel d'un soir de novembre - Novemberabendhimmel

Graphite pencil and litho crayon on 170 g (80 lb) paper
ca. 15 x 20 cm / 6 x 8"

Landscape with motorway

Paysage avec autoroute - Landschaft mit Autobahn

Graphite pencil on 170 g (80 lb) paper
ca. 15 x 20 cm / 6 x 8"

Landscape with street lights

Paysage avec lampadaires - Landschaft mit Strassenlaternen

Graphite and watercolor on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 15 x 21 cm / 6 x 8 1/4"

Landscape with bifurcation

Paysage avec bifurcation - Landschaft mit Abzweigung

Graphite and watercolor on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 15 x 21 cm / 6 x 8 1/4"

Landscape #2

Paysage - Landschaft

Graphite and watercolor on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 21 x 29,7 cm / 8 1/4 x 11 3/4"

Figures on a fountain

Des figures sur une fontaine - Brunnenfiguren

Graphite and watercolor on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 21 x 29,7 cm / 8 1/4 x 11 3/4"

Schoolyard in the evening

La cour du collège Fénélon à Grasse le soir - Schulhof in Grasse am Abend

Graphite on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 15 x 21 cm / 6 x 8 1/4"

Schoolyard

Vue de la cour du collège Fénélon à Grasse - Schulhof in Grasse

Graphite and litho crayon on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 21 x 15 cm / 8¼ x 6"

• Update March 25, 2007: This one is for Joëlle.

Clearing

Clairière - Lichtung

Graphite, litho crayon, pastel, and lithographic ink on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 15 x 21 cm / 6 x 8 1/4"

The whole sheet

Actually the last two drawings have been made on the same sheet of paper, folded in the middle.
This is how it looks unfolded. (Click on it for a higher resolution.)



Graphite and lithographic ink on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 21 x 29,7 cm / 8 1/4 x 11 3/4"

View westwards from the heliport

Vue depuis l'hélistation vers l'ouest

Blick vom Hubschrauberlandeplatz in Richtung Westen

Graphite and lithographic ink on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 10,5 x 29,7 cm / 4 x 12"

View eastwards from the heliport

Vue depuis l'hélistation vers l'est

Blick vom Hubschrauberlandeplatz in Richtung Osten

Graphite and lithographic ink on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 10,5 x 29,7 cm / 4 x 12"

Rose

Graphite on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 15 x 10,5 cm / 6 x 4"

• Update 11th July 2007: This one is for my mom

Heliport Sophia Antipolis

Hélistation - Hubschrauberlandeplatz

Graphite on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 10,5 x 15 cm / 4 x 6"

Incinerator plant in Antibes

L’usine d’incinération d’Antibes - Müllverbrennungsanlage Antibes

Graphite on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 10,5 x 15 cm / 4 x 6"

At a stone statue retailer

Chez un marchand de statues en pierre



Beim Steinfigurenhändler



Graphite on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 15 x 10,5 cm / 6 x 4"

Night under a Mexican mirror

Nuit sous un miroir mexicain

Nacht unter mexikanischem Spiegel

Graphite on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 15 x 10,5 cm / 6 x 4"

Angler on the beach

Pêcheur à la plage - Angler am Strand

Graphite on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 10,5 x 15 cm / 4 x 6"

The unexpected football ground

Terrain de football inattendu - Unerwarteter Fußballplatz

Graphite on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 10,5 x 15 cm / 4 x 6"

• Update March 14, 2007: This one goes to S.J. in La Rochelle.

Bread in an October night

Pain dans une nuit d'octobre - Brot in einer Oktobernacht

Pastel on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 10,5 x 15 cm / 4 x 6"

• Update December 25, 2006: This one goes to Ph.D. in Nice.

Restaurant with excavator

Restaurant avec excavatrice - Restaurant mit Bagger

Graphite on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 10,5 x 15 cm / 4 x 6"

Bottles on a refrigerator

Des bouteilles sur un réfrigerateur - Flaschen auf einem Kühlschrank

Graphite on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 15 x 10,5 cm / 6 x 4"

October evening sky

Ciel d'un soir d'octobre - Oktoberabendhimmel

Litho, carbon, graphite and pastel crayon on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 10,5 x 15 cm / 4 x 6"

Beaten track

A beaten track near the motorway A8 at Vallauris.

Carbon, pastel and litho crayon on heavy paper
ca. 14,5 x 15 cm / 5.7 x 5.9"

Landscape with stone heaps

I sat down at the edge of a stone dealer's site today to capture this view.

Lithographic ink on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 10,5 x 15 cm / 4 x 6"

Landscape with trees

This view is taken from the premises of a building center in Vallauris.

• Update 17th March 2007: This one is for Z.P. in Nice.

Graphite and lithographic ink on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 10,5 x 15 cm / 4 x 6"

Disappearing mountain

A view from the parking lot of "Buropolis" north-eastwards. The sky was very covered, and when I stopped the drawing, the mountain in the background had completely disappeared.
Pastel and litho crayon on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 10,5 x 15 cm / 4 x 6"

Free concert

Normally I wouldn't post such quick sketches, but I like this strange scene. For its inauguration, the new conservatory in Nice invited the public for free concerts this weekend. This one was so crowded that we were sitting on the floor, one step away from the orchestra, while other people found some higher places behind a fence.
Graphite on 180 g (85 lb) paper
ca. 10,5 x 15 cm / 4 x 6"

Neighborhood houses in the evening

My neighborhood, viewed from my living room this evening.

Graphite and lithographic ink on 180 g paper
ca. 15 x 10,5 cm / 6 x 4"

View from a picnic table northwards

This is a view northwards from a picnic table near the Air France site on the "Route des Crêtes" in Sophia Antipolis.
In the background it's a thick white cloud that was creeping through the mountains.

Graphite and lithographic ink on 180 g paper
ca. 15 x 10,5 cm / 6 x 4"

Stairway to the parking lot

I'm glad I made all the last drawings outdoors, because it's raining today. This is the stairway to the parking lot, viewed from my office window (the trees are the same ones as on the drawing from October 5).

Graphite on 180 g paper
ca. 21 x 15 cm / 8 x 6"

Picasso's Man with a Sheep

I went to Vallauris today because I wanted to draw a human sculpture, and this one is about the only one I know in the region.
Anyway I always liked returning to Vallauris from time to time.

• Update December 31, 2006: This one goes to W.R. in Nice.

Graphite pencil on 180 g paper
ca. 21 x 15 cm / 8 x 6 in.

Contemporary landscape #1

This is a view from the north-eastern side of Garbejaïre on the "Route des Dolines". According to a map, the building in the background must be a dormitory, but to me it looks different.

Graphite on 180 g paper
ca. 21 x 15 cm / 8 x 6"

Road

This road in Sophia Antipolis is called Traverse de la Cardouline.
Graphite on 180 g paper, ca. 15 x 21 cm / 6 x 8"

Window study

Two weeks ago, friends moved into a beautiful appartment from where they have a perfect view on the "avenue des Baumettes". This is just the left side of the whole view. Maybe I'll draw some other parts next time we are invited.
Graphite on some heavy paper, ca. 14 x 15 cm / 5.5 x 5.9"

Public place #1

This place in Nice is called "Jardin Jacques Imbert".
Before posting this drawing, I tried to find out who Jacques Imbert was, and most of the articles on the web talk about a famous gangster from Marseille, who had been arrested only in 2004 at age 74. It would be more than strange if the city of Nice honored a person like that by naming a place after him... more probably, they meant the poet and later "Inspecteur général de l'enseignement artistique" (General inspector of artistic teachings) of the same name. But who knows?
Graphite and on a postcard carton (my last one).

Parked cars

This is on the parking lot of the "Heraklion" building in Sophia.
Graphite and on a postcard carton.