In Paris past month I did some sketching at one particular of my favourite spots, the Medici Fountain in the Luxembourg Gardens.
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The statues on the fountain are by Auguste Ottin, and represent the large cyclops Polyphemus, in bronze, finding the sea-nymph Acis with her human lover, Galatea, in white marble. In the Greek fantasy, jealous Polyphemus kills Acis, so Galatea transforms her lover into an immortal river spirit.
The fountain and grotto were being made for Marie de’ Medici’s Still left Bank palace, produced in the 1620’s. In 1811 the fountain was restored and moved to its present-day spot, and the statues have been included at that time.
I very first discovered the fountain on my high college journey to France, in 1988. I sat and sketched the sculptures on that vacation as nicely, in a prolonged-misplaced sketchbook unfortunately. I stop by the fountain every single time I return to Paris considering that then.
This is a different watercolor sketch I did past summer months at my kitchen area table:
Drawing Products
Blackwing drawing pencil
Blackwing extensive place sharpener
General’s white chalk pencil
Kneaded eraser
Stillman & Birn Nova Trio Collection Toned Softcover Sketchbook
Watercolor Components
Arches watercolor block
Watercolor palette in brass by TirraLyra
Watercolor tin pans by TirraLyra
Watercolor red sable travel brushes by Rosemary Brushes
Collapsible tin water cup by Fulangpa
Guache: Zinc white, Winsor & Newton
Daniel Smith Further Fine Watercolor Tube colours:
Uncooked Umber
Indian Yellow
Quinacridone Rose
Cerulean Blue
Chromium Environmentally friendly Oxide