Thinking of holidays by the sea is my kind of off-beat relaxation. With a piece of paper and a box of gouache colours, I decided to have fun. Nouvelle Caledonie is a French colony in the Pacific. I get used to watercolour with its relax and free flow ability and did not realise extra work is required with gouache. If you like to try, use the brushes that are not intended for watercolours. Else you might ruin the delicate quality of watercolour brushes especially those that you can not have replacement! I have collected many watercolour brushes during many years and have noticed they have disappeared because people do not make them anymore.
This looks like a great place to have a great time!
Love the organic tropical feel of the scene! I had a good run with delicious colours to create festive feast for the eyes! Hope you can taste the ripen grape dangling down from the vine! I found it's hard not to lick the wet brush!:-) This is what i called "the temptation of Saint Emilion" in the 21st century!:-D! It's the irresistible sin!:-DDD
The garden of a 15th Century chateau over looking river La Loire. A combination of beautiful historic building and plants, a mixed style of courtyard and garden grandeur, seamless flow between formal and informal garden structure and a hint of the view beyond. A continuity from the past into the future, a design that suggests a passage into time and timelessness. All these elements of the royal garden ensure visitors an unforgettable experience!
Amboise Garden Watercolor Painting on paper Popular Classic Postcard or Pochade size 6 x 8 inches or 15 x 20 cm , USD $95 Ideal as gift, hanging on its own or in groups due to small size
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This beautiful village of central France seems to always have a tiny population. In 1793 the population was 700. According to 2009 survey, population of Montresor was 330. It is a sleeping beauty that welcomes visitors with a chance for quiet and intimate discoveries.
Wonderful Central France Village Watercolor Painting on paper
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Add to previous painings is another piece of garden in Lourmarin. Bringing these images together, you could have a feel and more complete view of gardening in a small French village.
Wonderful French Provence Village Watercolor Painting on paper Popular Classic Postcard or Pochade size 6 x 8 inches or 15 x 20 cm , USD $95 Ideal as gift, hanging on its own or in groups due to small size
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By organizing small paintings in one wall, a special view or journey is created. Small paintings for small towns hold a sense of intimacy. The feelings that survive many remote villages in Europe. Small wonders, small surprises sprung up here and there and everywhere in small places. In this case it was the conifer thriving in a tiny corner with a companion of a climber on a tiny roof caught my interest! The contrast of the two plant species were the symbols of man and wife in many cultures. These two plants are actually married! They are there for one another! That's the art of gardening in a French village. People are not just cultivating plants but relationships that help to survive many ancient villages in France! That's the beauty!
Very Charming French Provence Village Watercolor Painting on paper
Popular Classic Postcard or Pochade size 6 x 8 inches or 15 x 20 cm , USD $95
Ideal as gift, hanging on its own or in groups due to small size
Conifers have a life span that ranges from a few decades to more than 5,000 years. Looking at the history of Lourmarin. The village has been settled for at least a thousand years, and was probably a Neolithic campsite before that. A fortress was first built at the site in the 12th century, and was rebuilt by Foulques d'Agoult in the 15th century on the foundations of the earlier castle. It was restored in 1920. In 1545 the town was burned down because its population was predominantly Waldensian protestant.
Its present mayor (2001-2008, 2008-2014) is Blaise Diagne, grandson of the like-named first Black African deputy and member of a French government.
After all ups and downs, this conifer stood in the corner, like a faithful friend waiting to say hello! A rare friendship sprung out of a something like an impossible place! that's the conifer of Lourmarin!
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