Carnets d'Alpage 2024

Carnets d'Alpage 2024 a encore été un bon cru.

Tout a commencé par une randonnée magnifique au lac de Lessy, accompagnée par la très professionnelle Solenn Patrigeon, la Grandocroquis.

Cette randonnée sur deux jours est ponctuée d'ateliers avec les 3 organisateurs et leur invitée Laëtitia Locteau, munie de ses calames et de ses encres.

 

Des ateliers variés et de très haute qualité par nos artistes invités
Jessica Cognard, Matthieu Dorval et Lorenzo Dotti malgré les caprices des nuages.

Des sketchwalks, des expositions de carnets sur tables et des apéros.

Une exposition des œuvres des artistes invités à la galerie l'Esquisse.

Quel plaisir de voir tous les participants, les nouveaux comme les habitués, pour leur bonne humeur et pour leurs belles réalisations.

Friday night sketcher

In this early February Friday night, the temperature is pretty cool. I go out to sketch the church chancel that has just been renovated.

Tonight the cultural center is hosting a concert of groovy Indian music. From the aisles I can feel the excitement and joy of the participants who come outside to refresh their overheated bodies in a too long winter night.

Then the music fades, the crowd disperses, the streets are quiet again. At 00:40 the cats come out and the public lightning goes out.

Sunny day in the mountains

A whole day in the mountains, when you are so excited that you do 12 sketches per day! The first one was made the day before at sunset.

Long Time No See

 

I hadn't been to the mountains in months, partly because my car wasn't working properly. Luckily I found a way to get there by train. I had planned a hike, starting from the station, towards a series of shepherds' huts just above the edge of the forest with a beautiful view of the snow-capped peaks.

The whole climb was in the shade and the cold, but from the edge of the forest, 800 m higher, I was able to enjoy both the warm rays of the sun and the breathtaking view all around.

I know these peaks having already climbed them, Pic de Tarbesou, Dent d'Orlu, Roc Blanc, Pic St Barthélémy. They are not the tallest but they can be seen and recognized from a long distance. And what's more, they have very interesting profiles to draw.

 

I was ready to draw as much as possible but I left out two things. First, the frost arrived very early, at 4 p.m. Second, I forgot to put alcohol in my water bottle.

The next day I drew the same mountains again and also spent a lot of time gazing at the peaks on the horizon. I guess I needed to contemplate more than to draw.

Matite in viaggio

Quelques croquis de mon petit séjour à Venise à l'occasion de Matite in Viaggio,
festival de carnets de voyage.

Alcuni schizzi del mio soggiorno a Venezia per la mostra dei taccuini Matite in Viaggio a Mestre.

Ponte Rialto

 

Gallerie dell'Accademia

Gallerie dell'Accademia

Santa Maria della Saluta

 

Ponte del Gaffaro, Dorsoduro

Campo de Castelfranco San Rocco

Basilica Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari

Fondamente Nove, Isola San Michele

Fondamente Nove, Casino degli Spiriti

Selamat Datang Indonesia, Sulawesi

Sulawesi, formerly known as Celebes, is an island with sprawling arms, of which I only explored a tiny part in the ten days of travel I had left. Makassar is not only a large city, but also the name of an ethnic group renowned throughout island Asia for its boat-building.

Paotere harbour Makassar

99 domes mosque Makassar

Fort Rotterdam Makassar

I wanted to visit the Toraja country, famous for the boat-shaped houses and the unusual death cult.
After a 10 hours coach trip I get to Rantepao in the Toraja country

The Singki home Family, a guesthouse in the rice fields

Tongkonan typical houses

I spent a whole day chasing the tongkonan houses of Rantepao

These women came to see the sketches after transplanting the rice

Tao tao in Tampang Allo cave

Funeral procession

 

Funeral day in a village

Water buffalo sacrifice

Village in the rice fields

Street market in Rantepao