JUNE LAKE LIBRARY, ink and watercolor sketch

JUNE LAKE LIBRARY, ink and watercolor sketch in my sketchbook.
Spending time in the town of June Lake, in northern California, I visited the enchanting thrift shop and the library. The librarian, a lovely lady called Vanisia, was very friendly and welcoming. We talked about watercoloring, sketching, and how you comcentrate and pay so much more attention to details when you have to draw something, than when you are just looking.

Truth

Truth, mixed technique: acrylic, oil, stamp with the word in Chinese character, on an ancient book-cover. 28x40cm., available: 230Euros= $345 US.
This painting is part of the series "Old Books", part of the exhibit: "De l'Emotion `a l'Image", at this moment at the Bibliotheque Municipal de Cauterets, France. Since this exhibit would take place in a library, I thought using old cloth book-covers as support would make sense, following the saying: "Old books are always good, because only the good ones become old." Today's posting is  from Fromista, Spain!

Truth, (Verdad) tecnica mixta: acrilico, oleo, sello con la palabra en caracter chino, sobre cubierta de libro antiguo. Disponible: 230 Euros.

Esta pintura es parte de la serie: "Viejos Libros", parte de la exhibicion: "De l'Emotion `a l'Image", en este momento en exhibicion en la Bibliotheque Municipal de Cauterets, Francia. Puesto que esta exhibicion tendria lugar en una biblioteca, pense que usar cubiertas en tela de libros antiguos como base seria logico, de acuerdo al dicho: "Los libros viejos son todos buenos, porque solo los buenos llegan a viejos." Esta publicacion de hoy es desde Fromista, Espana!

Chateau de Chantilly, France

Chateau de Chantilly, France, watercolor, 10x15 cm. Chantilly is a town 30 km. north of Paris. Chantilly is famous for the beautiful castle, the immense surrounding forest, the horses, and the cream. I painted this little postcard size watercolor sitting on the grass in front of the castle, a couple of days ago. The castle started as a fortress in the early Middle Ages, and has been added to and destroyed a few times since, just till the late 1800 when the Duc d'Aumale had what we see today built, decorated, and prepared to house his extensive collection of paintings and ancient books. The library and the art galleries are magnificent.
Chateau de Chantilly, acuarela. Chantilly es una ciudad a 30 km. al norte de Paris. Chantilly es famosa por su hermoso castillo, los bosques inmensos a su alrededor, los caballos, y la crema. Esta pequena acuarela la pinte sentada en la hierba al frente del castillo hace un par de dias. El castillo comenzo como una fortaleza en la Edad Media temprana, y ha sido construido y destruido varias veces desde entonces, hasta los finales del 1800, cuando el Duc d'Aumale hizo construir y decorar todo lo que se ve hoy, y preparar las habitaciones para albergar su extensa coleccion de pinturas y libros antiguos. La Biblioteca y Galerias de Arte son magnificas.