Last Weekend, Julia and I returned from a fantastic 2-week visit to France. Our first few days in Paris were a blur of activity; sight-seeing, and meeting with my old friends, and the next few days at the FESTIVAL in Angouleme were more of the same, with book-buying besides! By the time we got to SAINTES on the Atlantic coast, for a visit with my Dad, the pace slowed down enough to finally fit in a little sketching, though nowhere near as much as I would have liked.
These first two drawings show some of the Roman artifacts that are highlights of a visit to the region around Saintes, including a spectacular Gallo-Roman Amphitheatre:
During our 2nd week, the weather turned decidedly colder and the sketching moved indoors. These sketches were drawn inside the chilly Cathedral of Saint Pierre:
We spent our last day in France inside the the Louvre, that repository of Western Civilization’s greatest hits… A day is not enough to see anything but a teeny fraction of what is there, so we decided to focus on SCULPTURES, and the sketching thereof:
As a consequence of being a nest of over-achievers for well over a millennium, France is a country with such an embarrassment of riches in History and Art that it is impossible to take it all in… but I can’t wait to go back and try!
Nice Jamie! I like the Joan Of Arc and Hurcules ones the best! Sounds like you guys had a fun trip!
Unlike Rhode, I think they are all the best, Jamie! Thanks for sharing! Envy!
Looks like you had quite a trip! Beautiful work. Hope to see more!
Looks like you and Julia had a great time and you both produced some great drawings to boot.
Cool sketches, Jamie. Sounds like you and Julia had an awesome time there
Visiting France is definitely in my to-do list 
All the best!
Hi Jamie, these sketches is really nice. You did a great job. You spend an excellent time now. I want to do this beautiful work
I love all these sketches 
:):) Thanks for allocation and wish your good luck.
Wow, I’m so happy that you got to spend a couple of weeks in France. I’d like to do that sometime! Can’t wait to hear your stories.
I cannot recommend a visit to France highly enough. There is so much to see and do. The only downside at the moment (if you are visiting with US dollars) is the strength of the Euro!