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I feel like I’ve been neglecting my sketchbook this trip, since I’m working both on the still life show and also on a possible graphic essay about Paris that’s in a bigger watercolor book. So I’ve been trying to lock back in a little lately and do some sketches just for me. It always feels good to come home with a visual record of at least the lovely bits of a trip that I don’t want to forget. In that vein, I sketched at the Rodin Museum where I met my friend Mavis yesterday. It’s one of my favorite places in Paris, but I hadn’t made it there yet this year. We had a lovely catch up, sketched, had tea, and then I stayed a bit after and did more sketching. It’s hard for me to walk out of there having done only one. I’m saving the graphic essay images for later, but here are a couple I did in my journal.
I also went back for my favorite curry at Kapunka, got a sidewalk table a second time, and did another sketch.
Good memories in Paris seem to be a lot about eating. Here’s the galette stand at the Bastille Market.
I also did a couple of quick sketches at Luxembourg Gardens. I always seem to end up sketching Genevieve. She’s my absolute favorite between her radiant, peaceful expression and her super long braids. She feels like Ceres at Dixon — I just always end up sketching both of them. I was trying a colored pencil with watercolor. I like the thicker texture of it. I think I may have to get a few more colors. I also sketched sycamores, because I equally can’t resist them.
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