an illustration from Jardin de Luxembourg

34. The Queen of France- an illustration a day from Paris, France –

an illustration from Jardin de Luxembourg
The Queen of France – pen and ink on Bristol – 10x15cm –

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It was a nice day when I drew this. It was before the second lockdown of 2020. For years I went to Jardin de Luxembourg every day. Every morning I jogged around the gardens twice, in 45 minutes. It was a 7 K run. Then I would return with my child after school and she would ride the ponies or the swings and we’d buy a crèpe au nutella and have to peel it off of the paper towel they served it in. During the fall she would collect chesnuts and bring them back home where they would sit in a bucket on the balcony for months until they rotted and we had to throw them away. We’d meet with friends and have picknicks vying for a place on the lawns that were littered with cigarette butts and half naked Parisians and when we stood up wet spots marked our clothes. On some days there would be dust storms and on others so many people that no chairs were available.

Now the garden gates are locked. One day they will reopen and I’ll go sketch another queen of France.

If you follow me on instagram you know I painted this a few days ago. It’s for sale.

About Angie

Angie Brooksby was born in New York in 1965. She lives in Hyères, France where she paints in different styles. abstract landscapes, with gold leaf, watercolor, and oil plein air paintings of the French Riviera. After obtaining her diploma in Sculpture at M.I.C.A. she moved to Italy in 1990 and painted plein air landscapes for 21 years. The she moved to Paris in 2007 where she painted urban scenes. She is also a gong player and a Biofield Tuning Practitioner

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