Adventures in the Louvre part 2

 

All week I’ve been immersed in finishing the Louvre map

Remember the rough pencil ✏️ sketch?

Yesterday I got a brill idea 💡 Run up 

To the Louvre 

To ‘borrow’ some maps to include in the Paris letter! 

Plus I found the perfect 👍 rubber stamp for the front of the envelope 💌 MONA LISA! 

AND I’m including a page from Elaine Sciolino’s book 📕 ADVENTURES IN THE LOUVRE . 

Some pages may have the odd doodle ✍️ Don’t have a heart ♥️ attack…my copy is a ‘galley’. Not a finished bound copy.

The other day, after Salon du Dessin, I was saying how preparatory sketches are important. Why did I re-draw this kid 4 Xs, then go with the man holding the map?

Sometimes a sketch sheet looks more fun then the finished art…though the client may not think so. 

The Louvre has a wonderful art book 📕 store (up the escalator). 

Who knew horses’s bums are so beautiful ? 

It’s a recent discovery. This watercolor is by Toulouse Lautrec. 

The equestrian sculptures made me want to visit Jeanne d’Arc! at Place des Pyramide.

But first I browsed Ladurée’s Easter goodies at the Louvre Carousel…the BEAR 🐻 came home with me ☺️

By the way Maison du Chocolat has rabbits popping out of eggs FYI. Spring is definitely in the air 🌸 

Jeanne was looking glorious in the brilliant sun 🌞 

I did a few doodles/sketches/esquisse/études. I wish I hadn’t gobbled up the marshmallow bear 🐻 just now ☺️

Lately I’m seeing 👁️ horses 🐎 everywhere