Avec plaisir!

That's how I spent Saturday, after a fabulous meal the night before in a tiny Basque restaurant with a cherished friend from England and her charming man. Early Saturday morning, I headed to my favorite place in Paris--- yes, the Luxembourg gardens! There's no end of things to draw there---I truly think I could not move from that place for a whole year and be very happy (provided my family and friends and dog and cat were there, too. I miss them.)
There's been a changing of the guard at Luxembourg gardens since I arrived on October 1. The delicate, coral blossomed geraniums featured in the garden's grand urns have just this week been replaced with yellow or russet crysanthemums. And how different is the mood of the place now! From spritely and feminine to decorous and stately, that's my sense of the change.
Please click on image to see the complete sketch.

At the octagonal pond in the center of the garden, children sail little boats. Yesterday it was a bit chilly and I was there early, so there were few people about.

I stopped for a quick lunch at a cafe on Boulevard Saint Germain.

Today is another gloriously sunny and warm day, so I'm off! A demain, les amis!

Comments

[Ulla]

Dreamy - I love seeing Paris through your eyes...

[Lori Witzel]

Love the breezy, energetic skies, and how loose and free your brushwork is on those.

:-)

[Linda]

Laura, I wouldn't have thought that you had any room for improvement, but this fountain drawing tops them all! Every aspect of it is perfect -- and the little boat breezing by completes the scene. Okay. Now I want to go to Paris and sail little boats.

[Toni]

Just dropping in to say I have been reading and gazing at your sketches. thanks for the lovely descrptions and eye candy sketches.

[marlyat2]

Perhaps the Luxembourg gardens would be just the spot for a cunning little French cottage with a faded blue door and a modest fountain out front (and another on the wall, and one by the back steps, and a tiny one in the bird feeder off the roof.)

[Jana Bouc]

These are all exquisite and frameable paintings! The skies are just beautiful and so expressive. The elegant woman at the table is so beautifully rendered. It looks like you've more than made up for the difficult painting day yesterday!