Thursday, March 1, 2012
Gordes
Our last Travel field trip was to another hillside town called Gordes. A little bigger than Lacoste (they have a grocery store), Gordes has gorgeous views of the valley below. We spent the whole 2 hours painting the same landscape again and again, it was too beautiful to capture but I had to keep trying!
Isle Sur de la Sorgue
The day of our trip to Isle Sur de la Sorgue was bitter cold and windy. The town was pretty, but no people were outside and it was far too cold to draw. There was a beautiful water wheel that was covered in ice, I'll post photos of that in a later post. Everyone quickly headed to a cafe, where we frightened all the French people in the cafe by drawing them.
Cafe Sketches from Aix-en-Provence
We took a field trip for Treasures of Provence to Aix. When we arrived at the art museum we discovered that it didn't open for 2 hours, so we spent some time in a little cafe drawing.
The art museum was awesome when it eventually opened, we saw an incredible exhibit by Philippe Favier, a contemporary artist I had never heard of before. After that we wandered around the city, which is beautiful, and found a great art store. We finished the afternoon with gelato on the main street - yum!
The art museum was awesome when it eventually opened, we saw an incredible exhibit by Philippe Favier, a contemporary artist I had never heard of before. After that we wandered around the city, which is beautiful, and found a great art store. We finished the afternoon with gelato on the main street - yum!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Drawing People in Class
These are 4 sketches from a class practicing drawing people in an environment.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Angouleme
These sketches are from our trip to the Festival de Bande Dessinee (Sequential Art/Comic Books) in Angouleme. We spent 2 and 1/2 days wandering around the city, and spent a considerable amount of our time in various cafes and boulangeries. I really enjoyed the Musee de Angouleme, which had several nice exhibits, and was next door to a lovely cathedral and view of rooftops. The terracotta roofs are one of my favorite parts of France, they have such a lovely texture and pattern and color, and so much character.
Sketches from Fontaine de Vaucluse
A few sketches from our trip to Fontaine de Vaucluse, including some more finished studies completed in class.
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