Ora, la Francia!

After traipsing around Italy (and a little of Switzerland), I hopped on a plane for Paris! Spent a couple of days seeing the museums and the sites there before I headed south via train for the French Riviera and Nice, then back on down to Florence and home!

First stop on Paris was, of course, the Louvre. It was great to see all the big pieces in history.

You can see all the sketches from Paris and more on my website Chelsea Ward Art if you're curious! 

Winged Victory of Samothrace

Cupid and Psyche

Venus de Milo

After the Louvre, I hit most of the other big monuments in Paris; Notre Dame, Sainte Chapelle, Rodin Museum and of course...the biggie...

The Eiffel Tower!

The line was too long to climb it but it was lovely to sketch it finally.

The next day I hit Musee d'Orsay. Didn't sketch as much since it was mostly (epic) paintings but I did really like this one sculpture...

I didn't have a lot of time in Nice to sketch but I'll get some photos up eventually!

So, until next post...au revoir!

La mia vacanza! Primo, Italia!

Time for another update...in fact, multiple updates! I have quite a lot of sketches to upload from this past month of vacationing. It's been a busy and amazing month. I'm very happy with a number of the sketches I've made. I'll put them into two posts: SC/Rome/Venice/Milan/Cinque Terre and France. So! Here comes Italy!!

This is one of the only pieces I was able to make her at Santa Chiara during the last session of students. Our courtyard gained a couple topiaries...

Roma!

I had some time to kill in Rome waiting for my friend to arrive from the states...so I spent a good amount of time around Vatican City and at St. Peters.

(This one is actually larger horizontally, but the scanner I can use has a small screen sadly).

This is one of my favorites of Bernini's angels on the Ponte San Angelo.

Venezia!

This was the view of the alley under our little patio at our hostel in Venice.

THE bridge of Venice.

A few of the locals in a quiet piazza.

Milan!

The train station in Milan is one of the most interesting stations I've come across...I'd still like to work on this one some more...

Cinque Terre!

The beach at Riomaggiore, a little bit cloudy that day.

Now, on to France!!!