Not sure if temperatures below 92F qualify as cool, but compared with the 99-100F we have had it seemed better, or maybe we are just acclimating a bit. I got out on a few afternoons just for sketching, quite nice. Since I am contemplating switching to oils from acrylics I have been using Procreate to…
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A hot week in Avignon
One of my weather apps says that the average high temperature for August in Avignon is 88F. The whole time we have been here it has been between 96-100F, so on the average it has been too hot to go out much. We have ventured out for foraging in the morning when it was a…
Settling in Avignon
We have been here a week now and are enjoying the south of France, we even think we are acclimating to the heat a bit; it has been hot – high 90sF. It is even possible the heat is easing some of Tricia’s knee pains, fingers crossed. Not owning a car is quite common in…
Moustiers-Sainte-Marie then on to Avignon.
We left Luxembourg early, by way of the A31, and headed south, ten hours later we were in Moustiers-Sainte-Marie. We went there first some 24 years ago. It is one of the best places in France; for me there are personal and spiritual connections that make it even more moving to be there than just…
A diverse week of sketching
Over the years I have heard many discussions about finding your style as a sketcher. Some go so far as to suggest that once you find it you should nurture it and “perfect” it, assuming such a thing was even possible. Yet from many visits to artist’s museums – Picasso, Rodin, Van Gogh, Monet, etc….
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