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Our adventure in France could not have been more fun! The workshop was flawless and the participants were fantastic. We are weary from all the travel, but it isn’t quite over yet. We’re home for a short bit, but head south before the month is out. The dogs & kids are enjoying our company, and…

What a grand adventure we have had, sketching our way thru France. I hate to go, but tomorrow we must return home and feed the dogs, kids, plants etc. There is mail to answer and paintings waiting to be painted. We have only days at home before we travel again. Deep south, here we come!

We had the best time sketching and playing in the gardens at Versailles! The weather was perfect and the company unbeatable. We watched the fountains dance, rented bicycles, and saw the entire place. We laughed so hard, so often that I had pain in my ribs all afternoon.

This morning the rain soaked streets were shiny and the sun appeared just in time for a sunrise watercolor session in Place de la Concorde. Afterward we hiked up to the Eifel Tower, then caught the Metro to the Isle de Cite for a sketch session at Notre Dame. Busy day!

I took my group on the Paris tour of art museums today. Lots of walking, overload of art , but we stopped for a few hours to paint in front of Napoleon's Carousel before tackling the Louvre. My group is awesome, open minded and carefree. I love traveling with these folks!

The light at Mont St Michel depends entirely on the weather. This trip we got all versions of light, mostly the wet kind, but occasionally the sun shone through and we made the most of the time we had.

For the past three days I put this fantastic group through rigorous exercises in sketching Mont St Michel in watercolor. We had a great subject to work with and got a variety of weather conditions to render in. It rained a bit, but gave us atmosphere and dramatic light. I was so pleased with the…