Versailles Door
So this is my version of a door we passed by when Elizabeth and I went to Chateau de Versailles just outside of Paris. I have thought long and hard about this post and have decided I am not going to bore you with our photographs and my “architectural importance” dialogue. Instead, I am going to send you over to Andrea and two post by her since she went with her family just a week or so before we were there. Her posting is so detailed it is in two parts, so here is the first one and then the second. In this second post, you can see a similar door, however it is not the same door I have used as my inspiration for this little sketch.
If you are ever in Paris, it is well worth your time to head out there. The public transportation makes it very easy, but go early as the crowds soon make it a challenge just to move around the palace and grounds. Do make the effort to go out to the Le Grand Trianon and Le Petite Trianon as the bumpy train ride will be so worth it. I actually liked Le Petite Trianon better than the palace and the gardens are amazing.
I am currently working on some new things in my studio, so I need the time to head in there and to get some photographing done. I hope all of you who are heading into a holiday weekend enjoy the time with friends and family.
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There are 4 Comments to "Versailles Door"
Oh I would love to see your photos. Each person sees something different. Give a dozen people a camera and they would all have their own perspective of where they are and what they take pix of. Thats what makes it so interesting. Love your doors. Its not as easy as you make it seem to do the perspective on these when drawing them. Thanks for sharing.
Awe, thank you, Cris. You know I kind of got the feeling that people might be getting tired of my Paris trip and Andrea keeps us all going with all that is happening in Paris. She did those great posts of Versailles and I thought it would be great for people to revisit them. I know what you mean about everyone seeing different things, though. I am glad you enjoy the doors, they are fun to do when I can’t get into the studio. Well, let me say don’t ask me to draw a person…I can’t get things like that right at all. I don’t get doors right either, because I learned to draw these interiors using tools. I refuse to do that now, but one day I might bring myself back to some kind of balance!
Thanks Cris!
hope you have a good weekend working! I too love your Paris trip, your Paris sketches and would adore seeing Paris photos. I had seen previously andrea’s post and been quite amazed by the lushness of Versailles. Thank you!
Thank you, Sweet Suki! Seriously? I kept thinking people were getting tired of me dragging along with this subject of our Paris trip! I truly loved it, but am a bit shy about it, I suppose. Of course you would LOVE Versailles, Suki! If you traveled to Europe, you would decide you wanted to buy a house there and never come back! LOL Well, you and Cris give me something to think about further. Let me go look at those photos again…for about the elevenhundredth time!
You have a beautiful weekend there, too. Try to stay cool…we are working on that down here, too!