Travel another way

“Today, still raining! We started the day by heading to the Virieu Castle to paint but it was too cold and rainy up there so we headed for the town where our chef, Valerie, lives and had lunch at her darling home, shown here. Then we explored the town and took some photos while waiting for a school group to finish at the Berlioz Museum where Jac had hastily arranged for us to paint, out of the rain.

The museum is Berlioz’s home, with a concert hall added. There was a performance of his music going on in the hall, lovely female voices accompanied by a flute. Kathy painted in the kitchen, the fireplace and pots, Josephine tackled the marble bust of Berlioz and did a fabulous job, and the rest of us painted on the balcony under the eaves. The sun came out late in the day and we got about 45 minutes of sun and shadow for which we were all very grateful. We did not get finished with our paintings but we got close. We caught a bit of the French Open on Valerie’s TV at lunch, looks like its been raining in Paris too.” Sandy Delehanty, the art teacher on the trip. Extract from her blog at http://www.havepaintswilltravel.blogspot.com/

Here is our group eating at Valerie’s house.

Painting by Kathy Young Ross in the Berlioz museum (in the kitchen)

Portrait of Hector Berlioz by Josephine Takamato

Little window outside the balcony of the museum painted by Linda Carroll

Like always, Bonnie Crosse was not with the group!!! She was outside painting a Cafe.