EUGÉNIE DE MONTIJO, pencil sketch

Eugénie de Montijo, l'impératrice solitaire, pencil sketch in my art notebook.

I was reading the lives of famous French women, who have done something special to be remembered. Eugenia was born in Spain, in 1826, to well educated parents, the Counts of Teba. Her mother was a modern aristocrat, travelling all over Europe with her daughter since she was very young. This is almost 200 years ago!

Eugenia and Luis Napoleón fell in love when she was 23, on a visit in France. They got married a year later. She was intelligent and contributed to make the Suez Canal a reality, which she inaugurated in 1869. She worked hard in the social sphere, among other things: improve the condition of women, at work and more schooling for young women. She supported George Sand when they wanted to suspend her publications. She visited victims of cholera in 1865 and 66. During WWI, she offered her hatch to organize an ambulance for the sick, etc. She died in 1920, at 94 years of age. She's my heroine!!!

CARNIVAL SPLENDOR, FROM PUERTO MONTT, watercolor

Carnival Splendor, from Puerto Montt, Chile, watercolor, 4x6 in.
South America Cruise series # 30

Puerto Montt, the city of roses, it was beautiful to see our cruise ship from shore. Carnival "Splendor" is a new ship, born in 2008, in Italy. We were about 3,000 passengers. Some of us made some friendships aboard, I certainly did with other painters. So much so, that we created our "painters deck", and "painters' corner" on deck 10. People would come over to see our new paints. I painted daily, sometimes for an hour, sometimes for several hours, depending on the day's activity. This watercolor I sketched and painted from shore, sitting at a park bench.

The Sketchbook Project : page 10

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The Sketchbook Project, page 10. watercolor. This is the last sketch of My First Life: Habia Una Vez...in Argentina.

Proyecto Cuaderno de Dibujo, pagina 10, acuarela. Este es el ultimo dibujo de Mi Primera Vida: Habia Una Vez...en Argentina.

Outside: Argentina , country of pampas and politics. With four children, Immigrant Visa into the USA but still no jobs there, my husband and I decided to say "farewell" to our native country. "Don't Cry for me....Argentina...the truth is...we never left you..."
Inside: We left parents, siblings and friends. We left jobs, and pieces of our hearts.

Exterior: Argentina, pais de pampas y politica. Con cuatro hijos, la visa de immigrante pero todavia sin trabajo alli, mi esposo y yo decidimos decir "Adios" a nuestro pais nativo. "No llores por mi.......Argentina....la verdad es......que nunca te dejamos..."

Interior: Dejamos a nuestros padres,nuestros  hermanos y nuestros amigos. Dejamos nuestros trabajos, y pedazos de nuestro corazon.