Saturday, July 2, 2011

Drawing in France: Jun 9-20. Post #2 Enjoying the Sites and towns.

Dan Egan, our cyclist, posed for us one day.  20 minutes. Dan would be up at 6am and take off biking for the day while we painted.  He usually went 40-80 miles a day, depending on the weather and the map planned out for the day.

Sketching Wednesday evenings partial eclipse, a little Fucia flower and a quickie of an old bunker turned public bathroom  on Il De Re.

The Ruins of an old 7th century Abby!  I should have done more drawing here, it was really interesting.

A Donkey found in a small field and a whale Vertebrae seen in an artists window.     

On the island of Il De Re they used to harvest sea salt with the help of Donkeys.  These Donkeys, specialized to this Island, are very Hairy, growing shaggy and long haired much like some dogs.  It's not the same as sheep or Llamas, but close.  Very interesting to see.  They no longer use them for salt gathering but many still exist on the Island.

More of the Donkeys.  they were cute.

We settled into Paint for a while in the afternoon and I did this drawing while figuring out what to paint.

I just liked this cool digging machine. They were either quarrying up some gravel or reinforcing the sea wall with these.

A quick sketch of my Sun flower painting.
Lone Sunflower, against a building, in Il De Re.

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