Saturday 22 May 2010

"LITTLE BIG CASTELS"

Hi,

The valley of Loire is well known for its beautiful castels like Chaumont, Chambord, Blois, Chenonceau, Cheverny, etc. But some "little" castel around them, unknown from most of the tourists are also some fabulous treasures of architecture . Most are private property but you could visite them.
With my two sketches made on moleskine watercolor paper, I'm presenting you the castel of "Guet-péan"(14-15e century) and the castel "du Moulin"( 15e century, builded for Francois du Moulin, as gift because he saved the king's life, Louis VIII).
The sketch about the Guet-Péan was previously a disaster but I reworked it and finally, something presentable came...I mean , I guess? What do you think?
Both of them are thirty kilometers in south of Blois.

Guillaume.










8 comments:

Nick said...

I can't tell you how much I love coming to this blog and seeing such awesome work. Inrcredibly inspiring, thanks for sharing. I would love to see a video of you sketching, im intrigued as to how you approach your work...
Cheers

A. Riabovitchev said...

Beautiful sketches!Love them all!:o)

Ian McQue said...

You know something is good when you feel inspired to pick up your pencils and start drawing. I have that feeling right now!

Thanks.

Jared Shear said...

Amazing Guillaume!....as always. Love the new look to the blog as well.

Lucia B. said...

Both the watercolours are really beautiful! I like the accurate drawings under each painting.

Marco Bucci said...

Beautiful work!

Gracia said...

AAAAHHHHHHHHAAAAAHHHHHHH! the skype camera didn't do you justice at all, they did look good but seen them full quality is incredible! these are AMAZING!! I love the watercolour of the castle, the evening light one is great!! the other is fantastic too.
I can't paint this good because here the landscape is not as nice!! hahaha, what a silly excuse, as if that mattered at all hahaha! ;b
congratulations, it is awesome
the new blog design is great as well. Did you do the template yourself?
besazos

LonneR said...

too beautifull Guillaume!