Play time in Montparnasse
Felt tip pen on paper approx 10" x 7" £35 British pounds plus postage & packing of £3.50 to UK; £7 to rest of world
My apartment in Montparnasse is on the third floor of a beautiful old building and my balconette overlooks a school yard through the trees, so twice a day there's a lot of noise from the kids playing. I love it. Reminds me I'm living in a real world. I did this sketch before leaving this morning. I think it must have been their play time. In the States I think you call it "Recess" - I don't know the French for it. It was so difficult to capture them. Just have to keep continually drawing and when you have a head and shoulders whose legs carry them away out of view you have to substitute someone else's legs and feet. It's fun. Might do some more.
Today I went to the Musee Marmottan which specialises in works by Monet but there was a special exhibition on called Monet and abstraction which showed later works by Monet displayed next to works by Pollock, Rothko and other modern painters. It was the most amazing exhibition and Monet's work looked just as "modern" and abstracted as the others. Beautiful!
posted by Sheila Vaughan at 6:46 PM
10 Comments:
Sheila I love seeing these sketches from your trip!!! (just makes me want to pack my bags & head out to the next adventure!)
Hi Sheila, I hope you enjoy your stay in Paris. The French for Recess is récréation. Have a good time.
Thanks Roxanne and Ghislaine. It's not hard to have a good time here!
Wonderful sketches, Sheila.
You can capture scenes from life observation so well.
Hi Sheila.
Nice sketches and well done with braving the plein Air one. All the best.
Vic.
Thanks DJ and Vic, it's all good practice in 'seeing'.
Beautiful sketch, Shiela. So direct and simple (and well composed) with so little detail, just the complete sense of little French kids out for 'recess' running about and shouting in their play...I can hear it now!
Musee Marmottan was such a revelation for me, seeing Monets friezes spread out before me - like Pollock's 'Summertime' fabulous :o)
what a fantastic experience, Sheila!!
David, yes, wasn't Marmottan marvellous. I have visited most of the Paris museums before but never that one. I came away with a different view of Monet. It wasn't all pretty ladies sitting on the lawn. The kids were great. Really liked the location of the flat and the area of Montparnasse. It's a good place to stay.
Yes it was Mary. And I was so lucky - as soon as I got back we got grey skies, chilly weather, it has been so disappointing up here this summer.
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