Description

These granite rocks are natural, slowly shaped by time and weather. Many of them can be seen in Lozère, the wildest département of France (and also with the lowest population). It is said that granite rocks grow up easier than anything else there.

The reference photograph that I shot the day after Christmas in 2004 shows a quite large bush in the front. I decided to not paint it because I was afraid it would spoil the view on rocks behind it.

This picture was painted for about one week (on and off), using:

• Pelikan black Indian ink, more or less diluted
• Talens white gouache (for highlights in vegetables and some of the snow parts)