Another page from my Imaginary Trip to Paris with Laure Ferlita. Enjoying the sights, food and museums. Sure wish I was there!
My Imaginary Trip to Paris continues. Lots of fun and laughs with a great bunch of artists and Laure Ferlita (our host). This week we are touring Versailles, and WOW! The assignment was to pick a scene and do a time sketch (the time up to us). I am striving to learn fast sketch techniques and I am happy to say I am!!
I allowed 10 minutes for a quick pen only sketch of the framework and scribbles of the art within of this CEILING view (yes the ceiling is jaw dropping gorgeous). 10 minutes for paint concentrating on VALUES. then 10 or so for text 'back at our hotel'. Sorry my text scanned so faintly - need to up my pen sizes.
There are more pages to post, as soon as I have time ;)
The flowers are blooming, the trees are leafing and color is popping - all over DC, my brother's beautiful neighborhood.
Anyone who visits Boston proper, knows the giant Citgo sign stands right beside Fenway Park, sort of a guiding star to the Red Sox mecca. I dedicated this page to a few of the Fenway icons I have not recorded in the past.
Standing in line for admittance to Fenway, I noted the lovely old brick work and that Fabulous Fierce Fenway Green.(but I sure got confused in the diamond brick layout!)
My view from the terrace - overlooking the infinity pool and on out to sea - cool drink in hand, sunglasses on, shorts and flip flops - life is God.
Hard to tell where the ocean ends and sky begins.
A Gorgeous sight here on Frenchman's Bay, USVI. The Snow Moon named for the snowiest month of the year ( in terms of snow fall ) but not a problem here ;-)
The view from the back cactus garden patio was stunning, no matter the time of day . We overlooked the Saguaro National Park and on to the Rincon Mountains. The sun and shadows played with the light all day long and the stars - Oh the stars!!
My page is rather watery and does not scan well unfortunately.
Finally home! Still have sketches to finish and texting though. Our Bi-Coastal trek is over, a whirlwind of activity, sights and fun . Both the Pacific and Atlantic northwest coasts share so much; and ocean of course, but also the rugged rocky shoreline, terrific flora and fauna and the fog and rain to support it all and great people. Of course the coast of Maine also has Horrific storms (hurricanes) and SNOW (plus my beloved lobsters) All in all we have a fabulous country with so much to see and explore and now I have even More left on my must see list!
We walked the length of Chinatown, such a wild mix of color, sound and smells, I would love to have browsed each and every shop.
Our morning walk took us past Starbucks on the famous Fisherman's Wharf - I have seen them all over the world and this is almost their home turf - a nice way to start our daily adventure.
Lucky me - my husband had business in San Francisco and then a Naval Reunion in Portland Oregon we planned them to allow some day trips. I have not been drawing much and it shows in this spread, but I could feel my creative juices begin to flow.
A car is essential for getting around, a new vehicle is always an adventure, this one was a totally new experience. The lights even dimmed automatically.
Our hotel overlooked Sanibel Harbor and it was magnificent with huge patio doors opening fully to enjoy the view. Unfortunately the first 2 days were rainy, but the skies were fascinating to watch.
Next we will schedule a visit to Arizona , and I can't wait!! Having grown up in the west I still consider it "home".
Update- as I progress on my weekend in Maine page. I am happy with the two structures. I dove in with the feather insert, and I hope that was not a mistake but it is a great feature from the weekend. - More tomorrow ;-)
