# Drawing & Watercolour > Gilles Dugenet will encourage you to create a series of small drawings and paintings in a sketchbook, that can be cherished long. Source : https://www.loucalen.com/en/agenda/drawing-watercolour_28-11-26/ Mis à jour : 2026-10-15 **Provence Verte offers endless subjects to sketch. With Gilles, learn to observe its landscapes and express your emotions on paper. Using pencil, graphite and watercolours made with ochre pigments, you’ll create a series of small works in your own personal sketchbook.** Gilles teaches you to observe lines and capture the play of light and shade using simple techniques. Touches of watercolour made with ochre pigments enhance your drawings, gathered in a sketchbook to take with you on your next adventures. **More about Gilles** A self-taught artist, Gilles has been drawn to painting and drawing since early childhood. An architect by training, he quickly discovered that he didn’t feel inspired enough sitting in front of a computer screen. Originally from Saint-Raphaël, he was able to open his first artist workship in Entrecasteaux in 1998 with his wife Sandra, who is also an artist, more specifically stone and wood sculptor. Both Gilles and Sandra work together in their Provençal hamlet which is of course nestled in the heart of nature’s inspiration. During his journey as an artist, Gilles tried out different media, starting with wood and then working exclusively with ocher clay in 3 colors. He went on to paint in oils, acrylics, and then watercolours, the medium with which he chose to bring his holiday sketches to life. During this time Gilles produced numerous murals for luxury villas. His style, which is both architectural and dreamlike, suits interior design projects in grand settings such as those. ![Retraite artistique à Lou Calen - Atelier de dessin et aquarelle avec Gille](https://www.loucalen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/retraite-artistique-provence-2.jpg) ![Retraite artistique à Lou Calen - Atelier de dessin et aquarelle avec Gille](https://www.loucalen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/retraite-artistique-provence-3.jpg)