Sketching in Toulouse, France
This month, I traveled to Europe for a very good reason: to meet my niece! She was born at the end of August in Toulouse, and I couldn't wait to hold her in my hands. I brought a huge suitcase filled with baby clothes from my kids and, of course, my art supplies.
Here are the sketches I made in the city. I practiced capturing the light at Capitole Square and painting bridges!
My brother also came to meet the new baby in the family. He is very creative; he does ceramics, crochet, and paints, from oil paintings to little Warhammer figures. He had never painted with watercolors before, so I taught him some techniques. While showing him wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, using the paper as white, and all that jazz, I realized two things. First, how frustrating watercolors can be at the beginning when you don't have control over the water. Second, it has been almost three years since I returned to painting, and I've learned so much by being consistent with my practice. I can now very quickly sketch a place with watercolors, sometimes in less than half an hour. So practice, practice, practice!
Me and my brother sketching the Dome de la Grave.
To finish this post, here is the dessert! I lived in France for a year, and it still surprises me how many boulangeries there are in every part of the city. We visited this place twice... the desserts were amazing.
Chocolate dessert! I painted it with watercolor at home but we came back to this place two days later so I took the photo with the inspiration
