I’m back in Victoria, Canada, and slowly slowly settling back into the groove of the north. Wonderfully, the sun shone down this past Easter weekend and Cam and I spent much of Monday in the garden. It’s just beautiful right now, with flowers and leaves bursting forth, all awakening. Next time I’ll have a photo.

Daily Painting

Here is my last daily painting from La Manzanilla. I was drawn to the design the peppers made, particularly the shadows created by their stems. It took me awhile to arrange them to their best advantage!

 The Wonder of Kids

A couple of days before leaving La Manz, I had the opportunity to give a pastel class to June Nery’s son Lyle. (June is my web designer and also hosts a cool website about La Manzanilla.) As well as looking at a few pastel pieces from the Musee D’Orsay and some major works from the Louvre (June, husband Rick, and Lyle head to Europe in September so thought this a great intro!), we experimented with the qualities of soft pastel and the possibilities created by layering. It was a fun session for me, both to see Lyle work and also to see where his mind and curiosity took him. I meant to take photos through my class time with him but I got into what we were doing and totally forgot. So I asked June if she’d take a photo of Lyle with some of the exercises we did and here it is:

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Saludos!

~ Gail