Lights in Provence

In southern France, the light is an inexhaustible source of sketches …

When I chose a composition before I sketch, I know I can not illuminating every thing I see. I have a choice of : light the main scene, the main characters or secondary plan … I have to choose what I want to illuminate.

The light will then show up and lead the eye. It shapes the body, highlights the objects, it reveals the shapes and volumes...

Provence light is a real “composition tool”  : We can choose aswell the light or the sketch.  … Drawing during the morning or during the afternoon  has a different meaning … Conversely it is the subject that influences the choice of light …

Autumn light in Dieulefit

Summer light in Lourmarin

Summer morning light in Montélimar

Bonnieux autumn sunset in Luberon

The light is involved in unconscious emotion generated by the subject. When it reproduces single reality, when it is not realistic everything is wrong …

Telling a story through his sketch is to paint and sculpt the subject “with its light …”