I've got a large commission to finish, a workshop coming up and well, you know how it goes.
I had to share with you this photo of a painting That Nancy Flynn painted of me..
Nancy is part of a group called "Urban Sketchers" and has obviously honed her skills while painting with the gorup in her area of the world in Washington State. It is a nationwide group and something we should all do! Okay I'll just speak for myself on that one. But you can find their website here. http://www.urbansketchers.org/
I was painting a demonstration on a beautiful day on the grounds of an amazing hotel and restaurant called L'Odalisque in a small town only 9km from Limoux. The owners have a long standing relationship with Montfaucon and are kind enough to allow us to roam the property and paint. Here there is a Medieval town square, old Roman ruins, a stunning Abbey ruins plus a beautiful garden area (on the hotel grounds). The Aude River is alongside the hotel and there is a wonderful view over the bridge that dates back to the 1600's.
This is just one of the many locations that Penny and Maive, our tour guides, had set up for us during our two week stay in the South of France. Penny Wilcox has been a part of Montfaucon tours for 6 years and basically runs the hotel, designs the tours and sees to our every need. Maive has been there for 4 years, speaks fluent French and also works hard for the groups that stay at Montfaucon. They are two amazing ladies. They escorted us to our painting locations each day. We were looking over the ruins into the river and bridge...
Now back to work for me....
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