Dark clouds over Étretat. Another sketch of Étretat, this time based on a photo in a photography exhibition in Giverny, Normandy. Ink pen and watercolour.
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2010Jul 21permalink 6
tags: Etretat | france | landscapes. | Normandy | Watercolours
Cliffs at Étretat. The coastline around Étretat is truly magnificent. During a recent visit there were several photography exhibitions going on throughout Normandy and it was a popular subject for many excellent works on display. This watercolour is based on one of them.
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2010Jul 5permalink 13
tags: france | Lourdes
Lourdes, nuns waiting for the candle light procession to start. They will walk towards the Maria grotto. Drawn on location, a week ago.
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2010Jun 29permalink 11
tags: france | Lourdes
Souvenirshops in Lourdes, France, last week.
I was on business in Tarbes, but visited the Maria grotto and the town in the evening. This is drawn just after the light procession.
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2010Jun 27permalink 19
tags: france | Tarbes
Another businesstrip, to France this time. Drew this last Tuesday evening late in Tarbes, a house opposite the Cathedral. Used Lamy fountainpen and Pentel brushpen.
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2010Apr 16permalink 10
tags: france | Toulouse
Restaurant La Gaite! in Toulouse. I had a nice salmon steak and faux-filet. http://www.renefijten.blogspot.com/
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2010Apr 14permalink 21
tags: france | St. Bertrand de Comminges | watercolour
St. Bertrand de Comminges in the south of France, last week. Last Thursday evening, while driving from my business meetings to the airport of Toulouse, I decided to stay away from the motorway and take the winding roads along the Pyrenees mountains. Fantastic views. I came across this small scenic town located on top of a steep hill. I made a few sketches untill the twilight set in, and then continued to Toulouse.
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2010Mar 3permalink 16
tags: france | Tarbes
Last week in Tarbes (France), quick early morning sketch of my favourite restaurant, l’Epicerie.
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2010Mar 3permalink 19
tags: Eze | france
Staircase in Eze, France. Pen.
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2010Feb 9permalink 4
tags: Calais | france
From an old book - trip to France… drawn in a quaint hotel (Richelieu) in Calais, 2007
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2010Feb 4permalink 17
tags: france | wardrobe
This is a wardrobe we picked up in France a couple weekends ago. We like them because they are cheap, sturdy, and of course beautiful.
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2010Feb 1permalink 9
tags: foodmarket | france | Tarbes | watercolour
Foodmarket in a multi story carpark in Tarbes, France. Local farmers selling their home grown vegetables in the early morning (7 am). Quick sketch made with my Lamy fountainpen and some watercolour in a WC-moleskine.
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2010Jan 29permalink 13
tags: carrefour | france | mulhouse
A Carrefour truck in Mulhouse, France.
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2010Jan 19permalink 30
tags: cernay | france
A couple store fronts we saw in Cernay over the weekend.
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2010Jan 19permalink 9
tags: france | Les dessous de Shaya | Tarbes
Les dessous de Shaya. Businesstrip to Tarbes (France) last friday; I got up an hour early to make some outside sketches. But it was still cold and dark and the only warm looking subject within a block from the hotel was this shopwindow.
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