...the head of a magnificent bull....
....and some of the 400 signs/marks found throughout the cave....
I shall do a lot more with this theme...
...but it'll have to wait until I get home again!
x C
Showing posts with label Lascaux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lascaux. Show all posts
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Lascaux Pages #5 & #6
...and so my final Lascaux pages are completed....
...the head of a magnificent bull....
....and some of the 400 signs/marks found throughout the cave....
I shall do a lot more with this theme...
...but it'll have to wait until I get home again!
x C
...the head of a magnificent bull....
....and some of the 400 signs/marks found throughout the cave....
I shall do a lot more with this theme...
...but it'll have to wait until I get home again!
x C
Sunday, 4 September 2016
Saturday, 3 September 2016
Lascaux pages #3
...and so it's back to bulls...
I'm really enjoying my Lascaux cave visit....
....right here on the campsite!!
Today it's a light lunch Chez Gladys....
...and a visit to the Grotte de Rouffingnac this afternoon.
A good time to go as it's going to be 32 degrees outside!! :-)
x C
I'm really enjoying my Lascaux cave visit....
....right here on the campsite!!
Today it's a light lunch Chez Gladys....
...and a visit to the Grotte de Rouffingnac this afternoon.
A good time to go as it's going to be 32 degrees outside!! :-)
x C
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Lascaux pages #2
I didn't say much about the cave experience in the last post....
...but someone has asked....and I think that I should now anyway.
It felt strange.
It is (I'm sure) a VERY good replica, however, the whole process of the visit, unfortunately, leaves you in no doubt that you are not in the real thing.
Too many people in a group makes for overcrowding...
Too short a time between groups - only 10 minutes - means that there are actually three groups inside at any one time...and two groups in the actual "cave" part. When we entered the first cave, we could hear the guide and chatter from the French tour in the second cave. Our guide had to raise her voice so that we could hear her......and she didn't stop talking the whole of the time.
I think some spells of silence would have helped the experience.....
None of this detracted from the beauty of the paintings though. The whole thing is absolutely stunning and well worth the visit. It's not even that expensive 10.50 Euros per adult.....
...as long as you don't count the cost of the lunch you buy because your tour time isn't until 2.50 pm!!
I am very glad that we went....and I shall enjoy it for much longer than the 30 minutes we had in the "cave" as I work into my sketchbook here at the Gladdyvan!! :-)
Now...
...page #2...
This is (obviously) one of the stags....stenciled onto a waxed/batik paper using Sepia acrylic ink.
I hadn't intended to use this paper here.....but....when I sponged my black Brusho through the stencil I had my sponge too wet and it bled dreadfully. So I had to do a "cover-up-jobby" on it and stuck the batik paper on top of the original mess!! I still like it though :-)
This left a space free on the left side of the page for a bit of writing...
....part of a poem entitled "Magic Words"...
...and Inuit poem translated by Edward Field...
...that had been posted by lovely Penny here.
I shall now continue my underground adventure with a few more pages...
...before moving on to work on some Romanesque inspiration that I've found in abundance since arriving in France!
It's going to be another hot one today......
....maybe some stitching in the shade too....
x C
...but someone has asked....and I think that I should now anyway.
It felt strange.
It is (I'm sure) a VERY good replica, however, the whole process of the visit, unfortunately, leaves you in no doubt that you are not in the real thing.
Too many people in a group makes for overcrowding...
Too short a time between groups - only 10 minutes - means that there are actually three groups inside at any one time...and two groups in the actual "cave" part. When we entered the first cave, we could hear the guide and chatter from the French tour in the second cave. Our guide had to raise her voice so that we could hear her......and she didn't stop talking the whole of the time.
I think some spells of silence would have helped the experience.....
None of this detracted from the beauty of the paintings though. The whole thing is absolutely stunning and well worth the visit. It's not even that expensive 10.50 Euros per adult.....
...as long as you don't count the cost of the lunch you buy because your tour time isn't until 2.50 pm!!
I am very glad that we went....and I shall enjoy it for much longer than the 30 minutes we had in the "cave" as I work into my sketchbook here at the Gladdyvan!! :-)
Now...
...page #2...
This is (obviously) one of the stags....stenciled onto a waxed/batik paper using Sepia acrylic ink.
I hadn't intended to use this paper here.....but....when I sponged my black Brusho through the stencil I had my sponge too wet and it bled dreadfully. So I had to do a "cover-up-jobby" on it and stuck the batik paper on top of the original mess!! I still like it though :-)
This left a space free on the left side of the page for a bit of writing...
....part of a poem entitled "Magic Words"...
...and Inuit poem translated by Edward Field...
...that had been posted by lovely Penny here.
I shall now continue my underground adventure with a few more pages...
...before moving on to work on some Romanesque inspiration that I've found in abundance since arriving in France!
It's going to be another hot one today......
....maybe some stitching in the shade too....
x C
Monday, 29 August 2016
Lascaux pages #1
Well....
...a blog post at last!
We've been away a week, but spent most of that time on the road (or in a garage getting the exhaust fixed!!)...
....or busy being hot!
Sarlat was sooooooo hot on Friday - about 37 degrees - that it was difficult to enjoy the day...
...but Saturday we drove up to Montingac to get our tickets for Lascaux II - where it was only 13 degrees inside :-))))))
This is a replica cave as the real one had to be closed to the public because of contamination...
...bacteria and CO2 causing the paintings to suffer too much.
Lascaux II is a copy of only a part of Lascaux.....the first 2 chambers...
...and photos/video are not allowed so I can't show you any - sorry.
However, I had printed off a number before coming and I'd cut a number of stencils from my drawings...
...so yesterday, my first "sketchbook day".....I was able to get on without a hitch as the temperature was down to about 27!!
Here are some piccies of page #1...
The name at the top was cut from a paper carrier bag that held my purchases...
...and those are our entry tickets stuck in the middle of the page.
The bulls are done with my stencils and some Sennelier oil pastels....
....and to finish off I used a micro liner pen to do ga-zillions of dots to make it resemble the undulations of the rock surfaces.
2 Euros bought me a bank-note depicting a Lascaux panel....a nice addition to the page :-)
I shall move on to Page #2 next...
x C
...a blog post at last!
We've been away a week, but spent most of that time on the road (or in a garage getting the exhaust fixed!!)...
....or busy being hot!
Sarlat was sooooooo hot on Friday - about 37 degrees - that it was difficult to enjoy the day...
...but Saturday we drove up to Montingac to get our tickets for Lascaux II - where it was only 13 degrees inside :-))))))
This is a replica cave as the real one had to be closed to the public because of contamination...
...bacteria and CO2 causing the paintings to suffer too much.
Lascaux II is a copy of only a part of Lascaux.....the first 2 chambers...
...and photos/video are not allowed so I can't show you any - sorry.
However, I had printed off a number before coming and I'd cut a number of stencils from my drawings...
...so yesterday, my first "sketchbook day".....I was able to get on without a hitch as the temperature was down to about 27!!
Here are some piccies of page #1...
The name at the top was cut from a paper carrier bag that held my purchases...
...and those are our entry tickets stuck in the middle of the page.
The bulls are done with my stencils and some Sennelier oil pastels....
....and to finish off I used a micro liner pen to do ga-zillions of dots to make it resemble the undulations of the rock surfaces.
2 Euros bought me a bank-note depicting a Lascaux panel....a nice addition to the page :-)
I shall move on to Page #2 next...
x C
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)