Student Show!!!

October Painters in the Luxembourg Gardens

While painting in September...

August

We went to Giverny yesterday and have another foray planned for the 11 September.  The sunflowers, dahlias and water lilies were in bloom, and the sun was at just the right angle as we painted from 6 to 8 PM...

July

Where does the time go?  This month we had 19 high school students painting in the Luxembourg Gardens -- fortunately no more than 13 at a time -- several sessions.   This was a stellar group of young people -- most non-painters who rose to the occasion with pictures that inspired ME!

Meanwhile, Micheal House made a short movie of us painting, take a look --

Typical day in the Luxembourg Gardens

A typical session might be one we had the other day -- an American woman, in Paris for a while, hadn't painted in several years.  We met her at the Luxembourg Gardens -- after walking around a bit, she choose a place which she liked.  We each painted a 12 x 12 inch canvas there in about an hour.   Then, I suggested the Medici fountain --  we took a 14 x 18 linen canvas (general size) and we painted for 90 minutes.   We lunched together at the cafe Rostand across the way  -- if we are at the Seine, we usually make a tour of the Orangerie, but the show at the Luxembourg Gardens isn't so interesting at the moment.  Then we walked to the other side of the park and she and Blair painted the bee house, and I painted trees and people.

Blair's bee house

Painting on Saturday in the Luxembourg Gardens