Jean Herblet / Gaspard van den Hoeck / Chista Hook

A genuine watercolor by this French artist who also made

a lot of lithographs and handcoloured etchings. So one has

to be very careful to make a conclusion that a work is a

real watercolor. In this case: Not any doubt. In fact his real

name was Arthur Boris O'Klein as he was from Russian

origin. The name "Jean Herblet"  worked better in the 

french artistic field as he moved to Paris. Work on paper.

Dimensions: 27 / 34 cm.

Having seen more works from this artist i'm having

some trouble in how he depicts the ears sometimes.

Im this case much better but a bit too underlined at

the bottom. On the other hand the eye is that great!

Most watercolours can be distinguished as the artist 

often used a kind of grey "cloud" as a background.

By clicking on the pictures you are able to 

examine carefully how he built up his works.

Gaspard van den Hoeck

No, in fact not a watercolor but another technique that

deserves more attention. In fact you can reach a goal

with whatever device you are using. May it be a watercolor

technique but why not crayon colors to reach this!

Gaspar vandenHoeck was a gifted crayon user and in fact

an autodidact what makes everything even more special.

Work on paper. Dimensions: 32 / 45 cm.

Christa Hook

As my wife is always fond of cats, wether it be painted

or in real life, I decided to buy this one from the English

based illustrator Christa Hook. Her father followed the

same track regarding drawing and painting, Christa her-

self also is occupied with ilustrations. You can visit her 

website by just googlin' on her name.

Though quite a long time ago the signature remained

virtually the same. Crayon on paper. Dimensions: 22/ 30 cm.