France Day 4

Laundry (en Francais)

Arc de Triomphe

View from the top of the Arc de Triomphe

Place de la Concorde - the largest square in Paris (by size) and the sight of many beheadings during the French revolution (King Louis XVI, Queen Marie Antoinette, etc.)

Jardin des Tuileries (facing the Louvre)

Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel...another of Napoleon's "triumphal arches"

Entrance to the Louvre (Musée du Louvre) !!!!!

The new(ish) entrance.

SO many statues! I took a lot of pictures so that I have a large amount of "models" for my own art. :)

Adorable.

The Aphrodite of Milos (better known as the Venus de Milo).

The Mona Lisa

I have to research which painting (and painter) this was - but I love it.

Some of Notre Dame Cathedral's flying buttresses lit up at night. Here ya go Dad!

I am really enjoying the trip and now I have a lot of ambition and inspiration for art when I get home. We will be making prints of our favorite photos to decorate our house and I will be painting some of the scenes as well. Thngs I have learned most from seeing these amazing works of art : use reference and pay special attention to light and shadow. This is kind of a "duh" in my mind because of what I have learned in school but sometimes it takes a master's eye to draw out what is important in a scene.