I probably undertook the longest (non-Christmas) vacation to date. Almost reaching 2 weeks!
Starting with the fabulous Lake Annecy (while I hide under a tree's shade to avoid the mid-day sun.
I resisted a full 3 days not to draw the hotel's (hostel??) resident bull dog, but finally caved on the last day. Every morning she spreads herself on the small lobby floor, either dozing off or licking her paws, basking in the soft morning sun. Very nice
Then I dedicated a full day strolling and sketching in Marseille downtown, while friends were out at the Calanques. It was a blistering hot and humid day, so my strategy is to paint near the ocean or in the shade...and of course, spending copious amount of time eating lunch in a quiet and well air-conditioned restaurant.
There was no way I could let a cute boat lifted in the workshop slip by. This one is called the Nini
I intentionally (or not?) returned to the same spot in La Panier. The road traffic was sparse so I had no trouble standing on the sidewalk (just by standing there I already took up the entire width of the sidewalk) Inexplicably, a group of adults turned up doing some sort of scavenger hunt?? which I guess kinda makes sense in the Panier?? Anyway I think with the sun out, this time I made the scenery much more coherent in colour.
The wind was blowing nicely from the harbour, so I decided to do a quick and clean panorama to close out the day!
+bonus, I kinda ended the France sketches on the second to last page, so I had to fit it some local scenes so I don't have to take a whole sketchbook on the road just to finish one page. So here is a random street of Berlin with some cars and nice trees
