Primates
This is an intimate subject that must go back to early childhood.
I’ve always had an attraction for monkeys and primates. I’m sure that the fact that they’re visually very close to us played a part in the fact that my favorite animal was the monkey, my cuddly toys were monkeys, and I still enjoy drawing monkeys at my age. I feel like I’m drawing humans of exaggerated proportions, and I like that.
Sometimes solemn, sitting on the grass like a block of stone, sometimes agile and supple like an eel during a jump, primate species contain tons of emotions and subtle messages, through their postures and attitudes.
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Pavian
23.4 x 17.6 x 0.2 cm
Ink on cardboard
Rather massive, with straight eyebrows and long canines, the Pavian represents for me the solemn, the severe, the impassive, a je ne sais quoi of integrity and domination.
I like the dark and sometimes cold side of many Pavian species. Mandrils and baboons are great silhouettes to explore.
Gelada 1
29 x 37 x 0.3 cm
Ink and Watercolor on cardboard
The Gelada evolves a lot on the ground.
Its long, bushy tip and voluminous mane make it an effective mix of monkey and lion. With its long canines protruding from pink gums in the middle of a huge mouth, topped by a severe superciliary arch, the Gelada is a pleasure to draw because of its chimerical proportions.
Gelada 2
34.7 x 24.7 x 0.2 cm
Ink on cardboard
A solemn, serious Gelada pose. I love this big black form and its eyes lost in the dark. Worked in dry ink rubbing for the gradations and pen-and-ink for the details, this technique makes it possible to create soft gradations while retaining powerful blacks.
Gibbon Stance
38 x 48 x 0.1 cm
Ink and Watercolor on 300g. Hahnemühle paper
Gibbons are a delight to draw.
Very long arms with endless fingers, moving like water, and a small, scowling head, like a leather mask in that tuft of hair that serves as a head. With its long body and gangly gait, the gibbon is one of my favorite primates. I love its disproportions and improbable postures.
Spider Monkey
70 x 100 x 0.3 cm
Ink on Cardboard
I find in the spider monkey a lot of what I like in the gibbon. Long limbs, a small head, graceful movement. But the spider monkey has a little something that makes its silhouette so spidery: its long tail. Also covered in long black hair, it adds a sort of extra limb to this moving form.
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