A Visit to Monet's Garden

I was in Paris a couple of weeks ago

 and made another visit to Giverney to see Monet's Garden.

The cherries were in bloom in front of Monet's iconic pink and green house.

I walked to the other side of the garden

 and sat for a while on a bench near the pond.

My sister Mary was with me.

She sat alongside me and read while I did a little painted sketch.

Here is the sepia drawing I did with my new waterproof sepia sharpie.

Thanks Dawn, for the gift of the soon to be discontinued color!

Here is my finished sketch.

Well it's not mine anymore, I gave it to Mary as a keepsake of an absolutely perfect day.

It was all too short a visit as always.

I took lots of photos so I hope to do a few more paintings

in the coming months.