a beautifull croup

[cyrillejubert]

Hi there !


It is time to wake up ...


If Dahzl and I take a few days on the seaside, all our friends disappear. Zarathoustra after a journey in Antwerp did not come back... I suppose this explains why Gilberte dont write anymore. Mchew is launching his own private dog museum. Arcanjo is drawing black spiders all over her room's ceiling. .... Marc is dreaming of foxes ... I havent seen Iznogood for a while ... Last time, he was analysing camel's dungs because some jerk on CNN told that it could be a mass destruction weapon. Well ! I hope we did not lose a friend suffocated by this awfull smell.

"Beautifull croup" did I say ... hum ! hum ! I dont remember whose I was speaking of... It is a part of the feminine anatomy that touch me a lot ...
Here, we can say that without having trouble with lawyers for sexual harassment... on the contrary, looking to a woman you are supposed to be a minimum admiring, it is the basis of attentiveness ...

Anyway, I remember now why this title... and I am a bit out of the subject when I speak of this charming feminine bodypart...

Once upon a time, exhibiting in the very chic Paris Country-show, a man came to me and ask me to draw his horse. He did not look like my usual clients and I did not want to draw a horse.. I think there are a lot of artists that could do it better than me, so I first drove him to see my best friends on the show... but he knews each one of them and he insisted, he wanted a cyrille jubert's drawing.
When I came at his house in the countryside south of Paris, I discoveres a really nice house in a cute and wild valley. The house was new but build with old and very beautifull materials, from the cellar to the roof. The architect had a lot of taste and my client too. He was a professional of "breaking house" (?) that explains the wonderfull materials. His wife was terrible.. a kind of gipsy, who in her whole life had never seen a comb. Her taste was just awfull if i could judge by the furnitures and her clothes. She decided that I will draw the horse but with her girls on it. I suppose this was a compromise between her husband and herself. I asked the girls to wear a skirt. The elder one was the only one who had one. When she came back, she was wearing a ridiculous fairy dress in pink tulle. Poor me ! Each one of the girls had gaudy colors clothes. I took a few photos of them on the horse, but I knew I could not do any portrait of the girls.
I came back a few weeks later with a very elegant friend of mine and she combs the girls and tryed to find clothes for the photos.

After that I had to cheat a lot to make them thin.
The elder girl was really thick and I tryed to give her the look of an amazone of the last century. The client was very happy.. he is at the head of the horse.

I had a great pleasure drawing this horse 's croup and the house behind.
The horse is a brittany's postman ... I dont know how to translate that.
I did a very bad snapshot of this but it is the only one I have.



1000 excuses fot those who wanted a different croup

[Iznogood]

Hey you, shameless infidel !
First I did not die with the yellow wind breakings of my white she-camel !
and that confirms it was not a secret and hidden mass destruction weapon...

Then ... I hope you wont reveal who was my dear white she-camel...
no name here, or by the prophet's fleas, I will eat your tongue before the next moon.

You are pitiable...
did you need such a title to get someone to read your story ?
I was told you were in the advertising business before ... this explains that !

Does your client sell the horse ? It seems a bit old, is not it ?
and the three girls are the bonus ? Too bad that the elder one is so thin,
I liked them a little more wrapped ...

... but with a few turkish delights, I can manage this inconvenient...

Tell your client that I could be interested... but I would rather make a barter..
I have an old magic oil lamp somewhere and a stock of tattooed fleas from Paris ...

Salaam alekum

[ArtistOz]

M. Jubert,
This wakes me up searching dictionarys because my French is limited. I tried that minimum admiring thing with my wife and I have a black eye because of my rude eyes she says and no more French Philosophy about women ah well.

[marilyn h]

Your accomplishments with the subjects are wonderful. You had to create magic and you did. Congratulations!

[cyrillejubert]

at least I caught a fly with my title...
"in the Kingdom of the blind , one-eyed are king" says the proverb.

So as you lost your english-french dictionary and me my french-english one,
I will try to suspect why you intended to say ...
Hum ... this "wonderful croup" (horse's buttocks)...
oh Yes ! It was a horse
..... yes... I share your disappointment...

Your delicious wife intend to travel to Europe, did you say ?
La "galanterie" ... In the dictionary, they say
1) "politeness", "attentiveness (esp. to ladies)" ...
2) (a) love affair, intrigue
(b) dire des galanteries ..to pay compliments

It is much more than that :

"Galanterie" is of course to open the door and let the ladies go first, , le "baisemain" (kissing hand) but you have dozens of gradation and intentions in this... like in a smile or in a glance
.
You may, by galanterie, be just a little too much, just with the intention that the lady feels herself more attractive and confident..
if she is clever and fine, she will not be dupe but very gratefull.
It is a marvellous way of life.


Italian plays that very well too. In the street, they are way further than french... sometimes, really too much ... !!!
that explains why english young ladies spend so much time touring Italy. like their mothers and grandmothers did ... English men are not very demonstrative.

A real smile or a meanfully glance from an unknown lady in a street is a marvellous sunbeam for the day, is not it ?

I know it is a rainy winter for you. Let me offer you a marvellous sunbeam


I know that you cannot make anymore eyes to someone, dear Bill,
(I mean if you are really one-eyed) ...
but you can appreciate the pleasure of a smile.

Dahzl, my honeypie,

I think I will need your help VERY soon If they are awake ...

I have better to find a hole somewhere to hide myself for a while

[Dahzl]

Ha Ha haaaaaaaaa.............Ahh Monsieur Cyrille that is one beautiful "croup" on display!!

Croup - crupper - buttocks [of a horse]

- Monter en croupe- to ride pillion
Now how can one understand that to be anything else?????? Such naughty naughty inuendo - Ooo La La !!!

This wakes me up searching dictionarys because my French is limited. I tried that minimum admiring thing with my wife and I have a black eye because of my rude eyes she says and no more French Philosophy about women ah well.

Oh you poor poor thing Tsk Tsk Monsieur Cyrille - now see what trouble you have caused for my poor Aussie mate trying to admire his wife's croup !! Never mind Bill I hope your eye feels better soon!
But you must admit Our naughty Monsieur Cyrille's rendering of "A beautiful Croup " is Stunning! To say the least.

Dahzzzled ...

[cyrillejubert]

How was it possible, Bill ?
I read the contrary of what you wrote ... must be the fatigue !
I thought you had a black eye like Morgan the pirate, you had the beard ...
and I suppose the sword....

a brown eye in french is "oeil au beurre noir" = black buttered eye

Dahzl, we use "monter en croupe" et "flatter la croupe d'une jolie pouliche"
to pat a pretty filly's croup .. that not only for horses ... hum

In french, "flatter" is to caress and/or to compliment ... in the same time
allways the french philosophy

Bill, if your wife beats you when your eyes are "rude" ...

what would she do if your hand is too caressing ?
does she bite ?



And what will happen, if you have a strong idea behind your head ?
Love must look like a wild hunt at home ...
but who hunt who ?
I understand why aussies are so athletic .... struggle for life ...

When you are chasing her around the house, and you are about to catch her, is she allowed to say: "no, no .. I am a lap ahead !" ?

Your sexual life must be very interesting .... indeed !

as Marilyn, lord in this art, kindly said :

" you had to create magic and you did"

.... and she is a "connoisseur" !

Thanks Marilyn !

[gary_rams]

so...Cyrille.....i thought u were only here for making strange witty remarks....a mais, j'te dis.....quelle suprise! mais il dessine et pas mal bien aussi.....errr ....dessine des culs 'd chevaux? haha. le pauvre quand meme, avoir trois grosses croupes de cette taille sur son dos, il devrait etre aplati...on voit deja qu'il force terriblement la jambe.
hmmm the girl in the back doesn't seem to happy? what happened? did the horse fart? must have stunk coz she's not smiling? hmm ah well....despite her look of misfortune, good drawing.
cheers
Gary

[cyrillejubert]

Le bonjour te va Ô Gary des grandes Plaines

Hi love your franco-anglo-canadien...
oui je préfère les commentaires "je te jure que j'ai vu l'homme qui a vu l'homme qui a failli voir l'ours se faire sa femme" "Non, c'ti ben vrai cte carambouille ?" Les commentaires convenus "how amazing !" "great work" and so ... make me sleep ... c'est plus que mortel d'ennui ... On donne dans le superlatif tout le temps pour le meilleur et le beaucoup moins bon...

My comments make smile a few ones and I got really nice friends here...
It happens that I draw too and sometimes I show some of my works ...
This one is not one of my favorite ... I know that while I did not pay a professional photograph to take an ektachrome... I dont remember why I was angry with this drawing... the horse is great, the houses were fine, and at the end the girls could habe been raped by the bear ... I was not happy with the third leaf on the fifth branch ... do you see it ? It is uggly .

I am drawing so much at the moment that I have terrible ophtalmic headaches.. Today I used a pencil and a half ! I am drawing my labrador
"Porte-plume" le bien nommé.

J'adore ce cul d'chevaux... I did not know if I would be able to draw this "pommelé".. dapple-grey ? ... but it cames by itself
I would be happy to draw again this horse, without any decor, and without the gipsies on his back.. later ?

You are welcome to comment with us and give us the last news of the bear's victimes...
victime ... ? ce n'est pas donné à tout le monde de se faire caliner par un vrai gros teddy bear ... peut etre même que c'est pas pour rien que tous les pots de miel avaient disparu du placard .... hein ?

[cyrillejubert]

Le bonjour te va Ô Gary des grandes Plaines

Hi love your franco-anglo-canadien...
oui je préfère les commentaires "je te jure que j'ai vu l'homme qui a vu l'homme qui a failli voir l'ours se faire sa femme" "Non, c'ti ben vrai cte carambouille ?" Les commentaires convenus "how amazing !" "great work" and so ... make me sleep ... c'est plus que mortel d'ennui ... On donne dans le superlatif tout le temps pour le meilleur et le beaucoup moins bon...

My comments make smile a few ones and I got really nice friends here...
It happens that I draw too and sometimes I show some of my works ...
This one is not one of my favorite ... I know that while I did not pay a professional photograph to take an ektachrome... I dont remember why I was angry with this drawing... the horse is great, the houses were fine, and at the end the girls could habe been raped by the bear ... I was not happy with the third leaf on the fifth branch ... do you see it ? It is uggly .

I am drawing so much at the moment that I have terrible ophtalmic headaches.. Today I used a pencil and a half ! I am drawing my labrador
"Porte-plume" le bien nommé.

J'adore ce cul d'chevaux... I did not know if I would be able to draw this "pommelé".. dapple-grey ? ... but it cames by itself
I would be happy to draw again this horse, without any decor, and without the gipsies on his back.. later ?

You are welcome to comment with us and give us the last news of the bear's victimes...
victime ... ? ce n'est pas donné à tout le monde de se faire caliner par un vrai gros teddy bear ... peut etre même que c'est pas pour rien que tous les pots de miel avaient disparu du placard .... hein ?

[marc]

Cyrille!

I see you have been scavenging smilies from all over

Marc is dreaming of foxes

If you mean girlies you're absolutely correct. Absolutement!

Btw, I'm not sure about those Italian girlies, the ones in the cities all play so tough - if they don't, they cannot walk two steps without being harrassed. - There is a classic photo of a woman walking in the street in Rome I think, with about half a dozen men in the picture all drooling over her. Not that I blame them.

[Gilberte]

and Cyrille ... have you met Claude in the Café Guerbois ? He is waiting for you ........

[ArtistOz]

Your sexual life must be very interesting

Ah M. Jubert pour moi c'est tres interestant but I am a gentleman and very discrete about those things. Those memories will be my treasures and consolations in my old age when my children send me to a nursing home.

I have the black eye for the wandering eye but it is for artistic purposes only.

My wife is very beautiful but she suspected I had another interest, perhaps a mistress? In her mind this was confirmed when we went to Paris for I only had eyes for L'art and the beautiful city of Paris. We were traveling in a city bus and met an attractive Parisienne and her son and she was kind enough to show us some of Paris like the 'rue de la Harpe' in St Michel and as we walked down that street with the music from the cafe musicians playing she was humming in tune. It was a very romantic and magical experience, she told me this was the true Paris, perhaps she flirted with me, I don't know for in my mind I was thinking many paintings. I was trying to memorise everything, the ambience, the light, the cafes and characters as they greeted her and my poor wife, I forgot about her in the exhilaration of it all. We said our goodbyes at Pont St Michel and I was distracted by the late afternoon light falling on the facade of Notre Dame across the river.
As you can see I am good at looking at the city sights but with two beautiful woman with me I am a clod, a dullard, a clumsy oaf, maybe she was your wife? apologise for me tell her how can one expect the children of convicts to know about La "galanterie"

My wife is still angry with me she does not like the French like I do except for the hand bags and clothes. If I mention a frenchman named Louis Vuitton her eyes light up with pleasure should I worry about this man? I know if only I could paint or draw a picture that matched her beauty I could win her forgiveness.

M. Jubert see my story is sad not like your amusements with the ladies

[cyrillejubert]

Hi Marc

I spent a week in Pompeï close from Naples (Italy)
25 years ago... I was with my american girlfriend and it was terrible...
they were whistling and following us all the times ...

But that is southern Italy and they are very different ...
in the streets, they are closer to northern african people
than northern italian ... even Rapolina would agree with that.

My mother in law used to spend 6 monthes a year in italy with my wife, her brothers and their french governess, when she was younger...
while my father in law stayed in Manchester, managing a factory ....

As I dont believe that people are ,
I am sure they both had great time independantly of each other
cool !

I hope to live like that my next twenty years

[cyrillejubert]

Originally posted by ArtistOz

when my children will send me in a nursing home.

I love your optimism
I never, NEVER, NEVER had, even for half a second, this thought. I am so sure I will die very young.. I am estonished to be alive at 49 ... I cannot imagine me seventy or eighty years old in an oldies's asylum.

Originally posted by ArtistOz
perhaps a mistress? In her mind this was confirmed when we went to Paris .... met an attractive Parisienne ... she was humming in tune. It was a very romantic and magical experience, she told me this was the true Paris, perhaps she flirted with me,.... We said our goodbyes at Pont St Michel and I was distracted by the late afternoon light falling on the facade of Notre Dame across the river.

That is so romantic ... it looks like the e-cards on Imaginee's website
two lovers in the sunset
excuse me Linda darling ...but , as you see, you are a reference
Town should allways be associated with this kind of memories...
Paris, Rome,... Venice ...
(Linda ... you should launch some new e-cards like that
as you can see, I never gave your link )

Bill, be gratefull to have these souvenirs. You can look at them even if you have two brown eyes, and your heart feels deliciously sad.

Originally posted by ArtistOz

My wife is still angry with me she does not like the French like I do except for the hand bags and clothes. If I mention a frenchman named Louis Vuitton her eyes light up with pleasure should I worry about this man?

I hate LV and all these too flashy trade-marks... Elegance is not that. Yes, you should worry about Vuitton, Dior, Hermes ... they are not interested by your wife's croup but by your wife's bank account... just like gigolos.
You should worry if your wife invite them at home for a week-end ...
Most of them would be more interested by your croup than hers