Painting titled "Craintifs et vigila…" by Michel Guillet, Original Artwork, Pastel

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Craintifs et vigilants Painting by Michel Guillet

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Pastel on Paper, 11.8x15.8 in

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Original Artwork

Original Artwork refers to any work that is considered authentic and not a copy or imitation of the original works of an artist. Original artwork can be any type of painting, sculpture, performance, or other media. There are many types of original media. Mixed media includes oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings. For workshop paintings that bear evidence of master craftsmanship, this attribution must be further qualified. While they may be less valuable for different reasons, reproductions and copies have had a tremendous impact on our experience. They reach a greater audience than originals and act as a tonic against commodification. Original Artwork could also refer to the first work, which is always preceding all others. It could also refer to a prototype or a model from which other works can be made. Each work bears great similarities to the original.
Dimensions Height 11.8in, Width 15.8in
Categories Paintings under $500 Figurative

L'Australie dispose historiquement de deux animaux emblématiques, le kangourou et le koala. Mais ce dernier petit marsupial attire en ce moment toute l'attention du pays car sa population a diminué de 90% en moins de 15 ans. L'espèce est menacée par l'urbanisation et la déforestation. Les routes qui se multiplient, les lotissements s'étendent au détriment de la forêt et des koalas.
Dans la région du sud de Brisbane, capitale de l'état du Queensland des bénévoles et scientifiques se battent pour les préserver. Il en reste à peine 10 000 dans cette région, 50 000 dans le tout le pays selon des estimations les plus pessimistes.
Pour trouver sa nourriture, le koala saute d'arbre en arbre et grimpe les branches avec ses griffes pour atteindre les feuilles. Il se nourrit exclusivement des feuilles d'eucalyptus et il en mange tant qu'il a du coup la même odeur ! Il en consomme entre 0,5 kg et 1 kg chaque nuit.
Le niveau de nutrition ainsi obtenu avec les feuilles d'eucalyptus est si faible que le koala a très peu d'énergie, ce qui explique qu'il passe le plus clair de son temps à dormir, environ 19h par jour !
Grâce à son large nez et à ses poils très sensibles, il sait différentier chaque odeur entre les feuilles. Ainsi il s'assure de manger les meilleures parmi sa sélection. Il possède des poches dans ses joues lui permettant de stocker sa nourriture pas encore mâchée, alors que dans le même temps il se déplace vers un endroit plus protégé.
Le koala a ses préférences quant aux arbres d'eucalyptus. Il existe 600 types différents, et le koala ne mangera que sur 40 à 50 variétés, dont 10 seulement sont ses favorites. Pour la plupart des animaux, les feuilles d'eucalyptus sont perçues comme un poison, mais le koala doté d'un métabolisme spécifique et très lent, retient pendant un long lapse de temps sa nourriture dans son appareil digestif, et optimise ainsi le niveau d'énergie dont il a besoin.
Sauf exception en période de sècheresse, le koala n'a pas besoin de boire grâce à l'hydratation qu'il retire des feuilles d'eucalyptus.
Une nouvelle race d'animaux sur la liste des espèces en voie de disparition pour cause bêtise humaine.....sachant qu'il ne vit que dans un seul endroit au monde.... le pays pourrait se sentir un peu plus concerné par ce constat désastreux des quinze dernières années!

Réalisé sur la base d'une photo - pastel sec - pastel card - 40*30

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Painting Pastel

Pastel is an instrument widely used in plastic arts. Taking the form of a colored plastic stick, it is composed of pigments, a filler (chalk or plaster) and a binder (gum arabic, oil, wax). We mainly distinguish fatty pastels (oil or wax), dry pastels, whether soft or hard. Invented in Europe at the end of the 15th century, this tool was very quickly used by great portrait painters of French royalty, such as Charles Le Brun, Rosalba Carriera, Jean Siméon Chardin or Maurice Quentin de La Tour, who will be considered the "Prince of pastellists", thanks to a method of fixation of which only he knew the secret.

Pastel

Drawing made with a colored stick. It consists of pigments, a charge and a binder. A distinction is made between dry pastels (soft or hard) and fatty pastels (oil or wax).

Figurative

Figurative and colorful painting having taken the liberty of including all forms of art without border of cultural genre and geographic origin, without hierarchy of values between high and subculture.

Technic Painting

Painting is an art form of painting on a surface by aesthetically applying colored fluids. Painters represent a very personal expression on supports such as paper, rock, canvas, wood, bark, glass, concrete and many other substrates. Work of representation or invention, painting can be naturalistic and figurative, or abstract. It can have narrative, descriptive, symbolic, spiritual, or philosophical content.

Michel Guillet

France

Michel Guillet, versatile artist, has been a figurative pastellist since January 2010. He is an active member of the “Pastel en Dauphiné” association. His artistic passion leads him to explore a multitude of varied motifs without being confined to a specific theme. Whether portraits, landscapes, still lifes or reproductions of works of art, Michel Guillet likes to capture the diversity of the world around him through his pastels.

What particularly sets Michel apart is his commitment to sharing his art with the public. During exhibitions, he engages in live demonstrations, offering visitors an insight into his creative process. He enjoys interacting with “admirers” of his work, informing them about his techniques and sometimes inviting them to actively participate in his demonstrations.

Michel Guillet is self-taught, but he prefers to consider that each of us has artistic talents that are just waiting to be revealed. He believes in everyone's ability to explore their creativity and let their talents flourish with a little practice and support.

Since his retirement in Aix-les-Bains at the beginning of 2012, Michel Guillet has enjoyed the time necessary to discover the splendors of the Alps and devote himself fully to his two passions: pastels and photography, where he excels as a 'amateur. His art reflects his love for the diversity of the world and his desire to share his creativity with the public.