Tag Archives: Paris in Watercolor
Metrohead 962 – Simply thoughts or sorrows?
Time goes by so quickly, I have spent the most wonderful and inspiring two weeks with dear friends and family, re-discovering Paris with them. In the meantime, I forgot all about the events which made the headlines almost two weeks … Continue reading
Filed under ILLUSTRATIONS, Metroheads, Moleskine Notebook
Exhibition “la fabrique des images” Museum Quai Branly, Paris
It’s interesting to watch how things turn out when you draw something from memory: yesterday’s Katsina-dolls (left) where drawn from memory, in the metro – I tried to reproduce images of what I had seen that day in the museum. … Continue reading
Filed under exhibition notebook, ILLUSTRATIONS, Watercolor
Guarding Dragon for new website
NEWS: NEW WEBSITE IS UP AND RUNNING – ANDREA HUPKE DE PALACIO – painter, illustrator, textile artist – AM BUSY WITH LAST PREPARATIONS FOR TONIGHT’S OPENING OF OUR SHOW – WILL BE BACK WITH NEWS AS SOON AS I CAN … Continue reading
Filed under exhibition notebook, ILLUSTRATIONS, Watercolor
Red Heart Inspiration – “Coeur Rouge” Fountain at Place Igor Stravinsky, Paris
I was inspired by the power of this red heart on a cold cloudy Saturday afternoon. Now I remember: on the same day, just before going out for my walk, I made the self portait with camera and French beret, … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized, Watercolor
Watercolor Painting – Vue du Pont Alexandre III. et du Pont de la Concorde
©estandrea – Parisdreamtime 2010 On a dark and cold morning in early April this view was offered to me. I was on the upper open deck of a sightseeing double-decker tour through Paris with German friends who had come to … Continue reading
Filed under sightseeing notebook, Watercolor
On A Misty Day
This painting I’m presenting to you today, has been on my mind for almost 2 years now. It had to mature, my watercolor practise had to mature too. My eyes also, I guess, and last not least my mind. Somehow, … Continue reading
Filed under sightseeing notebook, Watercolor
Le Pianiste Place de la Contrescarpe
A sunny cold Sunday afternoon in Paris in late autumn, 5th arrondissement, Place de la Contrescarpe. People are sitting on the “Terrasse du Restaurant Delmas”. Listening to the piano player, chatting with friends, looking at the passersby. Is there a … Continue reading
Filed under ILLUSTRATIONS, sightseeing notebook, The Parisians
YARD SALE AT PLACE MONGE, Paris, France
click on image to enlarge it Yard sale means “vide grenier” in French, which means “empty the attic”:) There are always still lifes to discover when you visit yard sales. All those objects people have loved for a time before … Continue reading
Filed under ILLUSTRATIONS, sightseeing notebook
Need a new pair, girls? – Besoin d’une nouvelle paire, les filles?
I must say that I LOVE shoes, even those I cannot walk in, they are such beautiful objects….: This composition in Watercolor took me quite a long time. First I made the ink drawings of the shoes which took me … Continue reading
Filed under fashion notebook, ILLUSTRATIONS
