In Paris last thirty day period I did some sketching at one of my most loved places, the Medici Fountain in the Luxembourg Gardens.
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The statues on the fountain are by Auguste Ottin, and signify the huge cyclops Polyphemus, in bronze, getting the sea-nymph Acis with her human lover, Galatea, in white marble. In the Greek myth, jealous Polyphemus kills Acis, so Galatea transforms her lover into an immortal river spirit.
The fountain and grotto ended up intended for Marie de’ Medici’s Left Bank palace, established in the 1620’s. In 1811 the fountain was restored and moved to its present location, and the statues were extra at that time.
I very first discovered the fountain on my high faculty journey to France, in 1988. I sat and sketched the sculptures on that vacation as nicely, in a lengthy-lost sketchbook unfortunately. I visit the fountain each individual time I return to Paris since then.
This is another watercolor sketch I did past summer time at my kitchen area desk:
Drawing Materials
Blackwing drawing pencil
Blackwing prolonged place sharpener
General’s white chalk pencil
Kneaded eraser
Stillman & Birn Nova Trio Sequence Toned Softcover Sketchbook
Watercolor Resources
Arches watercolor block
Watercolor palette in brass by TirraLyra
Watercolor tin pans by TirraLyra
Watercolor red sable vacation brushes by Rosemary Brushes
Collapsible tin drinking water cup by Fulangpa
Guache: Zinc white, Winsor & Newton
Daniel Smith Further Fine Watercolor Tube colours:
Uncooked Umber
Indian Yellow
Quinacridone Rose
Cerulean Blue
Chromium Green Oxide