Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Watercolors- Trip to Paris





After spending the last week painting with oils, I took some time for watercolors.  I am doing The 100 Painting Challenge (http://www.100paintingschallenge.com/) and my understanding is that we should stick to one medium- and I started with watercolor.  These are #25 and #26 of my 100, so I need to keep up with them.  I love working with oils also, so I tend to go back and forth between the two mediums- mixing in some acrylic paintings along the way.  
The reference photos for these watercolors  were taken during a fun week in Paris a few years ago.  My husband was there on business, so I had some time to wander around and take pictures while he was working.  There are bakeries and pastry shops (boulangeries/patisseries) on every street like the ubiquitous delis and bagel shops on Long Island.  Lucky Long Islanders.  I loved looking at all of the beautiful and delicious (I sampled more than a few) items in the display cases!  I am sure they thought I was crazy for taking pictures of these tasty treats, but everything is a possible future painting- something my fellow artists would agree with.  The photos for these were taken on the Rue St. Dominique and Rue Cler-  two of my favorite places of the many wonderful areas in Paris. 


Thanks for stopping by!




13 comments:

  1. Sheryl,

    Love your blog. I too am an AF wife and artist living in Florida. How nice to be able to travel with you husband to a wonderful city such as Paris! Lucky you! Your watercolors are very charming.

    Don't you just love Etsy? I have two sites there and a blog also.

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  2. Ooh, these look delicious, growing up in New York and moving to the midwest, one thing I miss is the delis and bakeries, especially the pastries, haven't found anything quite the same here! These are wonderful, will enjoy your 100 painting challenge, especially in watercolor!

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  3. These are done so beautifully :] Just love them. I've struggled with watercolor so it makes me admire you that much more!

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  4. Like I posted over at 100 Paintings, delicious! Yeah, we Long Island, NYers are lucky to have delis and bagels on almost every corner, but I would love to sample French pastries on the Rue de Something one day just like these!

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  5. Simply amazing!
    Ahhh,Paris....mon amour!

    Ciao!!

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  6. Thank you, Carol- I love your work (especially the Paris ones) and your blog also!
    Maria- thank you! I also miss the food of Long Island!
    Thanks, Meowlissa and Candy- I always love to hear from you!
    Dora- at least you still have NY pizza- I DO miss that often! See you on the 100 Paintings!
    Grazie, Franz- I appreciate it- you say the nicest things! Ciao to you also!

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  7. Lovely watercolours.
    I can see the paler recession in some of the cakes - it really does help to believe they are going back in a line! :)

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  8. Absolutely delicious watercolors! I would've bought two of everything....one to eat and one to paint (then eat later).

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  9. Thanks, Pat! They were in a white/light case so I didn't want to overwhelm with dark shadows on this one.

    Thank you, Gretchen! Some things just need to be painted...then eaten!

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  10. Dear Sheryl,
    Mmmm!! All your work is very beautiful and...looks so yammy. Keep up, talented lady!
    Kind regards, Sadami

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  11. These are lovely. I look forward to seeing #26, 27, 28, 29....etc. That's quite a challenge.

    Barbara

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  12. Thank you so much, Sadami!

    Thanks, Barbara- my main problem with keeping up with the challenge is that I like to paint in oils also, and I think they prefer us to stick to one medium, so the oils I don't count!

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Thank you so much for your comments- I love to hear what you think!