On Thursday we took a field trip to draw at Fontaine de Vaucluse, home of the largest natural spring in France. The town around the spring is quaint and picturesque, but the best part was the water, which appears bright green. I think there is algae or something that grows on the bottom of the stream that gives it the color, but the actual water was completely clear. We bottled some and drank it, it was delicious! Several of us climbed up the hill to the ruins of a castle that look down over the town and the spring. The view was incredible. My favorite shot, and the one I want to use for my drawing (I think) is the one that shows a tiny bit of the green spring surrounded by buildings and roofs. I also just love the water shots, the colors are incredible. I also threw in one shot which is the view from Lacoste in the afternoon, it shows the valley spread out below, and you can see the nearby town of Bonnieux across the valley. The pictures I've seen of the valley in the summer are beautiful, but it has its own beauty in the winter as well, with the muted browns and purples. Besides, the weather is sunny and 50 degrees every day, so it hardly feels like winter!
On Thursday we took a field trip to draw at Fontaine de Vaucluse, home of the largest natural spring in France. The town around the spring is quaint and picturesque, but the best part was the water, which appears bright green. I think there is algae or something that grows on the bottom of the stream that gives it the color, but the actual water was completely clear. We bottled some and drank it, it was delicious! Several of us climbed up the hill to the ruins of a castle that look down over the town and the spring. The view was incredible. My favorite shot, and the one I want to use for my drawing (I think) is the one that shows a tiny bit of the green spring surrounded by buildings and roofs. I also just love the water shots, the colors are incredible. I also threw in one shot which is the view from Lacoste in the afternoon, it shows the valley spread out below, and you can see the nearby town of Bonnieux across the valley. The pictures I've seen of the valley in the summer are beautiful, but it has its own beauty in the winter as well, with the muted browns and purples. Besides, the weather is sunny and 50 degrees every day, so it hardly feels like winter!
