"Maintentant, je suis une artiste!" Le Center Pompidou, Paris, France

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[lunatica]

1. What a wonderful rendition of the fountain with the water flowing

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The way you painted the fountain with the spray splashing and disturbing the water causing the reflections to break up is really good! You’re doing some outstanding work on your skies and water in your recent paintings. Your depictions of architecture are very charming, as always.

I love it!

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2. Thank you! I am super proud of this one, hence the title. More French pics on the way. Tomorrow is

an art nouveau metro stop in Paris. I can’t wait!

[lunatica]

4. How did you do the fountain water?

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5. I "cheated." I gave myself permission not to have to reserve whites, and sketched the

spray in with a white jelly roll pen.

[lunatica]

7. Well you did a great job!

By the way, there is no such thing as cheating in art.

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8. Heh. Talk to some old school watercolorists!

In truth, I do wish to learn their way of doing it. Aside from the cachet involved, the light just never looks right if you don’t do it that way. But with this series, it’s meant to be an on-location journal so i tried to reserve whites with negative painting, but when I lost them the pen came out. And actually, I think it explained the falling water perfectly. :grin:

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3. Thought this was a fabulous new wall mural there. It's that fabulous.

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6. Wow! Thank you so much!!