One last sketch from our trip to Marseille, Notre Dame de La Garde – the view was amazing, thankfully, we took an Uber to the top as it would have been a long steep climb. As I sit at La Cave Des Pas Sages the leaves are changing colors, and the people walking by have…
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TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
Things that are near tend to be darker with more detail, distant objects are usually lighter and more blue. This happens because the atmosphere filters out yellow light, thus green hills often look blue. Van Gogh frequently emphasized this phenomenon. I was thinking of some of the paintings of his that I saw in Arles…
Lessons from Van Gogh and Instagram
“The duty of the painter is to study nature in depth and to use all his intelligence to put his feelings into his work so that it becomes comprehensible to others.” Van Gogh’s letter to Theo, 31 July 1882 This has been a light week as far as sketching and painting goes, but it has…
Next stop Paris then on to Torchamp
I am writing this on the Eurostar on the way to Paris, then on to home in Normandie. Last Friday we rented a car for the drive from Portland to Seattle. We visited some family along the way then met up with friends at the rental return in downtown Seattle. After the best Mexican food…
Lessons From Van Gogh
While we were in Saint Remy we walked the Van Gogh Trail up to the hospital where he lived in 1888 and 1889. I spent a lot of time thinking about his paintings and made a few observations that are helping me, so I thought I would pass them along. These are in no particular…
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