521 Toits de Paris: An illustration a day from the French Riviera

521 Toits de Paris: 10×15 cm pen and ink, watercolour on archival paper

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The tin on the Haussmanian buildings in Paris reflects the day’s mood. If the sun is shining the rooftops can be blindingly white. At sunset they reflect the lovely pink sky. This day was the typical Parisian day. Sort of grey, sort of blue. Maybe I should call it blazé blue. This building is in the 17th arrondissement on the corner of rue Guersant and boulevard Pereire. Angie used to take her lunch break in the park there when she was teaching English in a huge school.

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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