Paris and Bruges sketches, part one, with a postscript!

It was cold! Sometimes wet bits fell from the sky! I drew inside, mostly, though some of the faces in the Paris people sketch were drawn while waiting in line (for two and a half hours!!) to see the 'Picasso and the Masters' show at the Grand Palais. Yes, I sacrificed a great deal to go inside to drink wine or coffee so I could sketch. I'm noble that way. More sketches to come, plus my 2009 plan!

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I meant to add this earlier, but jet lag and a cold have me addlepated! My friend Maryam Montague has a most exquisite blog called My Marrakesh, in which she posts lovely images and moving stories about her life in Morocco and her travels to other exotic places. If you don't know her or her work, please make haste to check her out! She's a finalist in the 2008 Weblog awards and would love your vote. She has mine, most heartily. Please go here and vote! Maryam and I both thank you.

Comments

[marly]

So glad that you are the sacrificial soused lamb on our behalf... Lovely images with those sharply-observed faces, as ever.

[Tara Bradford]

So sorry I missed you and David! Next trip, plan to be in Paris for longer. From these sketches, it looks like you had a great trip (despite the snowstorm, which you have to admit was beautiful)! xoxox

[Laurelines]

Merci, merci! I was a sketching maniac while we were there! Now, I'm sluggish and feeling the effects of the latest transAtlantic cold---but I'm so grateful I got to make the trip!

[mARTa]

Through your sketches, I feel like back in Paris again! So love travelling vicariously with you!

[Casey]

It's still cold! I keep waiting for the snow to melt and it just won't.
I love your sketches - I was lucky enough to see some of them in person, and even to be there and see you in action! I love the touch of color behind David in the TGV sketch.

[Linda M]

I'm just blown away, yet again. Ms Laura, these are absolutely beautiful.