Dragon Noir

Here are some pictures of the progress of "Dragon Noir", a completely random painting.

(sorry for the low quality)

Used tools :
300g/m² paper (A3), Indian ink (applied with a n°0 brush only),
watercolours, white and gold inks, salt.

Last stage before adding final colours with a light watercolour wash.

But.... wasn't it better before??? I let you judge by yourself!

Watercolour sketchbook I

Four speed paintings from one of my sketchbooks (A5 size).

Some of them are already done as finished piece, others are in progress...

"Svartsjuk" (2013) / untitled painting of Ariane, Timiga and Cabriole (2014)

"Rêverie" (2015) / "The mystery of death before us" (2015)

La Chasse au Cerf - Stille Volk tribute

 "Quand du donjon retentit le cor..."

This is an "tribute-illustration" to one of my favourite bands ever : Stille Volk, through their song "La Chasse au Cerf" (album "Hantaoma", 1997).

I was thinking about making such picture for two or three years ago... 

Indian ink and watercolours on paper (A3)

Close-up :

 

I was strongly inspired by the illuminated art style, especially by the picture below. I found it on the Bibliothèque nationale de France website which display plenty of incredibly interesting and inspiring online exhibitions, just like that one about the "Livre de Chasse" of Gaston Phébus...

Livre de Chasse de Gaston Phébus
France, Paris, XV^e siècle / Paris, BnF, Département des manuscrits, Français 616 folio 77

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If you're interested by awesome medieval folk music with some occitan lyrics,
I couldn't recommend enough Stille Volk's albums!!

Stille Volk - Hantaoma (1997)

Mille regrets

Watercolors and inks on paper (A4)

That illustration is actually inspired by a book I enjoyed very much, The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale, which is itself based on the Grimm fairytale, you know, that horrible one with the vicious chambermaid and the decapited-but-still-speaking-horse.

Thee trees are based on those I can see through the window during my lessons at the university. You may conclude that I'm rather an inattentive student :p

Some close-up :

Shannon Hale wrote some sequel to her book, including Enna Burning which I also read (not as good as the first book, though)

I was looking for some nice children's novel at the library and I've been immediatly attracted by these beautiful covers are painted by the children's illustrator Allison Jay.

I must say, I would never have picked these books with their other covers (just a picture to compare) !! (As we say, don't judge a book by its cover... in both ways).

Beyond the stream - Walkthrough

Acrylics paints on 27*35 cm canvas.

Inaltérable

Painting after Hikari-Kirin's photography. 

Wirdhin's dream - WIP

Some pictures of a commission asked by the kind Stolvezen, who's a dear friend of mine and also a very nice drawer ♥ Here you can see one of her characters, a young girl called Wirdhin, flying on the back of a strange creature, between bird and dragon, in a cloudless sky under the moonlight...

See the finished painting here. 

Some WIPs

A close-up of Wirdhin.

This was my first try. I wasn't very pleased with the colors (too saturated and there weren't enough light spaces), and I wanted to do it again without the lines. I think it's better now!!

 

And here, my workspace... What a mess, I'm almost ashamed.