We spent the week staying pretty close to home, cooking, planting some herbs and seeds that Lisa sent, Tricia sorted photos and wrote blogs, I sketched, wrote, and played a little music. It was a good week, today we plan to hit a couple of brocantes. Here are a few sketches from the week. I…
Tag: Paris
Sketching, One One Year In France
Mardi de cette semaine, c’était notre premier anniversaire de déménagement en France. (Tuesday of this week was our first anniversary of moving to France.) Our life has changed, the world has changed, and my sketching continues to change. Our lives have changed in so many ways, I have written of many of those changes in…
Aquarelle, Graphite and Shirley
This has been an interesting, well OK, challenging week as far as the French System goes, but thankfully graphite pencils, watercolor markers, and friends got me through. Last week we returned from five days in Paris with Alexis and Joe. Wednesday evening we said our goodbyes. They left early Thursday morning for CDG and flights…
5 Days in Paris and Discovering Matt Pencils
As I have said before, the peace and quiet of our rural farm life can be overwhelming, we find ourselves craving the stimulation of Paris, thus we look for any excuse to hop on the train in Flers and get off two hours later at Gare Montparnasse. With Alexis and Joe visiting we had a…
Off Again to Paris
Off again to Paris, I love the sound of that. One of the perks of living in France is that Paris is just a quick train ride away. With Alexis and Joe visiting we are off for a few days in Paris – I am already looking forward to un café demain matin. Earlier in…
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