Les Artistes à Paris - 1

A little while back, I woke up at a ridiculously early time, grabbed my suitcase & passport, and headed to Paris with a school group of artists!

It was manifique! Since then, my computer had been busy being useless so I've only just managed to put together these posts. Here goes the re-living of this creative adventure. 

First of all, meet the main girls: Libby on the left, and Louise on the right.

To begin with, we only knew each other from the mishmash of different years & schools on the trip, so we soon became the three musketeers (we like to think so at least...).

After lots of sleeping, trying on endless perfume samples & being introduced to 'UNO' on the ferry, we arrived at our first destination: our local castle. As you do.

 The architecture was incredible & we all got started on our sketchbooks, trying to jot down our first impressions of the place.

After doing a little unpacking, we got ready to explore the town further...

Oh, and did I mention the be-a-u-tiful blue skies?

The next day was just as hot, and we set off to visit the Ron Muek exhibition. It was incredible. He creates very realistic sculptures of people & every detail is perfected - toe hair, unshaved legs, cellulite, you name it, he's though of it! (Definitely worth a google)

After this exhibition, we made our way to Sainte - Chapelle, passing these cute riverside stalls on our way.

To get there we had to go through some pretty intimidating law courts & so I finally had a chance to bust out my French, asking for directions.

The design was amazing, both upstairs & downstairs (It was a double decker church - say whuuut!) were very different but both incredible.

The downstairs was smaller & more gothic, whereas the upstairs was filled with huge stained - glass windows. 

Once we had all found which part we preferred, we sat down to sketch for a while before heading back outside.

The outside is toned down a little compared to the interior, but it still is a pretty awesome place to be, there are 3D patterns on the walls - like this castle detailing.

I can't really remember what I was listening to at the time, so here is what I am listening to now: 'I Love It' by Icona Pop & Jasmine Thompson's cover of 'La La La' by Naughty Boy.