In June 2011, I organised a painting house party in Provence. I was very fortunate to be able to stay in the home of Julian Merrow Smith (Postcard from Provence) and Ruth Phillips (Meanwhile) while Ruth played cello at the Garsington Opera Festival and Julian learned a few of the tricks essential to his status as a new father.
- Sarah Wimperis (Muddy Red Shoes in Cornwall),
- Robyn Sinclair (Have Dogs Will Travel from Tuscany) and
- Ronelle van Wyk (African Tapestry on the Loire)
Below I've referenced the blog posts relating to this trip - some relate to those posts on Four Go Painting in Provence (4PP) which are relevant and will not be reproduced on this blog.
Preparation
- Learning how to paint with oils in Provence (4PP - 28th May)
- My Art Materials - or why it's a good idea to take a car! (4PP - 29th May)
- The art books are going too! (31st May)
The Journey to Provence (8th - 11th June 2011)
- The Sketchbooks are packed for Provence (8th June 2011)
- On the Road to Provence (+ the checklist) (also 4pp: The Chunnel and Northern France)
- Epernay and The Grillade Gourmande (two sketches)
The Provence Sketchbook (11th June - 2nd July 2011)
- Morning View from the House (sketch and photos) - plus Breakfast sketch from the terrace
- The View from Crillon Le Brave (3 sketches - including lunch)
- The Pine Tree (work in progress)
- The start of the gouache sketching (two sketches)
- Bedoin and its Market (sketch)
- Artist at work
- Dinner at Restaurant du Vieux Fours (two sketches and photos)
- My very first oil painting
- Oil sketching (three sketches)
Sketching the Terrace at Couguieux
Pen and ink and coloured pencils
copyright Katherine Tyrrell
- Sketching on the terrace at Couguieux
- Another perspective on Couguiuex (plus the initial post Saturday at Couguieux)
- Sketching at L'Isle sur la Sorgue (one sketch)
- Abbaye de Senanque and the Lavender Fields (one sketch)
- Another sketch of lunch at Crillon Le Brave (two sketches)
- Crillon Le Brave vista
- Sketching the home cooking! (three sketches)
- The Demoiselles de Coiffees - WIP (pastel sketch)
- Oil painting #4 - the view from Julian's studio window
- Revisiting Gordes (two sketches + photos)
- Sault and a hairy drive (sketch + photos)
- A Quiet Space in Provence (plus A work in progress)
- Late Sunday afternoon
- Sault and The Lavender Fields of the Nesque (sketch + 3 photos)
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| Sault and the Lavender Fields 16 ½” x 12”, 29cm x 42cm, pen and sepia ink and coloured pencils in Moleskine A3 size Folio Sketchbook |
- Mont Ventoux and the vines
- A View of Mont Ventoux - WIP (two sketches + photos of Mont Ventoux)
- Lunch at la Maison Jaune, St Remy de Provence (one sketch + a lot of photos of St Remy de Provence and the restaurant)
- Sketching Van Gogh's Asylum (one sketch + photos)
- Dinner and sunset at Le Mas des Vignes, Bedoin (two sketches + photos)
- A potager in Provence (sketch)
- Les Quatre Saisons in Bourg en Bresse (two sketches)
- Lunch Chez Guy in Gevrey Chambertin (two sketches)
- Restaurant Nausicaa, Boulogne sur Mer - my last meal in France (two sketches)
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| Lunch at the Restaurant Nausicaa, Boulogne sur Mer - 4th July 2011 11" x 16", pen and ink and coloured pencils copyright Katherine Tyrrell |
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