Canaletto's Pup, rue du Bac Map

The PARIS MAPS are turning into quite an adventure. I started off thinking I would focus on the wonderful taxidermy shop, DEYROLLE on rue du Bac.

A quick visit

Sent me back to the studio dreaming of zebras all over the map.

Then advance news of this week's BACSUCRE celebration came through

And zebras took a back seat to chocolate 🍫 Mont Blancs & Saint Honorés toute suite.

The 1st step to drawing any map of Paris is to study closely the Metro 'Exit' maps.

I don't know why I thought because I love maps and collected them for ages, it would be easy to draw ✍️ them. I let out an SOS to fabulous map illustrator, SUSAN HUNT YULE. This complex map of LA on French journal,The Good Life is her map. Susan uses PhotoShop to put her maps together. She's a pro. Maybe some day...

Back to my visit in Aix. I saw signs for a Canaletto exhibit at the CAUMONT CENTRE D'ART.

Doesn't the scene above nearby the Caumont look like a Canaletto painting?

A few things you should know about the Caumont. They have a divine tea salon.

Their gift shop is huge filled with wonderful things.

Including these elegant summer plates, which just happen to be plastic and a mere 11€ each.

You might wonder what shoes should you wear when visiting the Caumont. Voila!

Don't miss the Baroness' bedroom. This is the luxurious hotel particulier of the Baron de la Tour d'Aigues, Marquise de Caumont, who died during the French Revolution.

On to the splendid Canaletto - Rome, London, Venice exhibit at the Caumont.

A map of Venice directing you to all the sites Canaletto painted.

I have always been nuts about his drawings. My teacher, David Dewey, started us off with him. It's his little whimsical figures drawn fluidly with a few pen strokes that get me. 

They pepper his refined architectural renderings and bring them alive.

He uses his little dogs to move your eye around the picture,

Is this a self portrait of the artist at work?

With his darling doggie at his foot? 

I couldn't resist adding Canaletto's pup to this month's map of rue du Bac. I was very tempted to pepper the whole map but settled for just two pups.

You can find THE rue du Bac MAP in my Etsy shop.

WOOF et Bonne Weekend!