Wrapping up the Rat's Year · 404 days ago by Éric

Saying good-bye to the Rat’s Year…


The Open Canvas of Life · 935 days ago by Éric


Inspired by last group sketch (original here) came that text…

NB: OpenCanvas is the name of the program used to draw online.


Going Past Definition · 1033 days ago by Éric


How to let go of this automatic attempt to create something definite, and instead to let the shapes flow into each other without any attempt to affix it to a definition…


Fleshed Out, Part 4 · 1151 days ago by Éric

Prince Zechariah


Fourth and “last” part of the tale inspired by this image. | Previous chapter


Fleshed Out, Part 3 · 1154 days ago by Éric

Prince Zechariah


Third part of the tale inspired by this image.
To be continued… | Previous chapter


Fleshed Out, Part 2 · 1155 days ago by Éric

Prince Zechariah


Second part of a tale inspired by this image.
The next chapters will come in the following days… | Previous chapter


Fleshed out · 1156 days ago by Éric


The following image is the fruit of an attempt to do a reproduction of an antique statue (one of Antinous’), hoping that starting from simple forms, I could train myself to better visualize and represent human anatomy.

Quickly enough though, facetious spirits, probably inspired by Michelangelo’s unfinished (non finito) slaves, emerging from their mass of stone, wondered whether it would be possible to come to a more realistic representation starting from the same pose, without wanting to discard the initial basis though.

As I finished this painting, a new idea came to me. What would be its context, its story?
And one night, I found that it could very well be a tale,… why not?
All it has to do is to begin with the “once upon a time” line.
Finally, I make up my mind to throw some lines upon the keyboard, and I discover that the matter far outstretches the initial context set up by the image.

So here are the chapters, which were published one after the other :

Zeke


Fleshed Out, Part 1 · 1156 days ago by Éric

Prince Zechariah


This is the first part of a tale inspired by this image.
The next chapters will come in the following days…


iToons · 1178 days ago by Éric



Drawing cartoons and palimpsest…


La surface des choses · 1216 days ago by Éric

Narcissus


This picture recently once more reworked illustrates perfectly the maze of creation (mine at least).

To continue on the subject, I encourage you, fearless reader, to read this text .

Otherwise, you will perhaps find some solace in watching this small animation (graced by Enya’s Water Shows the Hidden Heart)…




Equinox Update · 1234 days ago by Éric


Updates of the autumn equinox week-end…


Eerie World · 1301 days ago by Éric


The little story behind this picture, a collaboration with Magali, mostly involuntary on her part.

As for the big story, it remains to be told. But that should be her initiator’s task… if her creation cannot do it by itself.


Boxeur · 1320 days ago by Éric



A drawing and a step-by-step animation of the process…


Art, Transcending Technique · 1367 days ago by Éric

An essay about art, and the many ways it is fed by and nourrishes our own intimate understanding of the nature of the reality…


Élégante (craie sur Canson noir) · 1401 days ago by Éric

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Reproduction of an original artwork (the references of which I ignore) from a cut-out in a literary magazine (commissioned).

Made with (dry) colored chalk on black Canson paper. Dimensions: 32 x 48 cm

Sadly, as I tried to lacquer it, colors (especially the white) got tarnished, without even succeeding in fixing the pigments.
On the whole, an interesting experiment with chalk which is an enjoyable material to work with, but only yielding an ephemeral and dull artwork...



L’attaque des trolls (collab) · 1640 days ago by Éric

A painting in collaboration with Jérémie, revamped into a few steps to enhance the rendition. With a troll as a source of inspiration!


Wounded Healer · 1772 days ago by Éric


Wounded Healer, a brief commentary about the myth of the centaur Chiron…


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