Another church that faces the Louvre, called Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, which is the official church of the French Royal family (St Denis cathedral is where the kings are buried). Very Flamboyant Gothic style.
Sketch from the Louvre museum looking out onto Tuileries Gardens and the arc of the Carousel, winter.
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This is a close up of the sketch I did of Notre Dame; I call it a 'document'. As well I took photographs and executed a water colour of the scene with the lighting effect I wanted to recreate in an oil painting. See next post.
I painted this view of Notre Dame Cathedral in a month, section by section. I use the Maroger old master's medium to give it a 3 dimensionality and sparkle that can only be appreciated by seeing the original.
This is the image I sent to the sitter and her mother for their approval. It is actually done in Photoshop. Not my normal way of starting, as I will do a pencil or charcoal sketch first. The primary objective is to figure out the composition.
