My favorite street artist is Didier Lespagnole. He paints almost every Monday on Pont Neuf and has a booth on Saturday at Bastille. Here is an idea, even if you have never drawn a line in your life, even if what you draw does not look like art, you should take a sketch pad and a pencil and sit for a while somewhere like Place des Vosges and draw. It will transform your experience of Paris. It did mine.
My favorite street artist is Didier Lespagnole. He paints almost every Monday on Pont Neuf and has a booth on Saturday at Bastille. Here is an idea, even if you have never drawn a line in your life, even if what you draw does not look like art, you should take a sketch pad and a pencil and sit for a while somewhere like Place des Vosges and draw. It will transform your experience of Paris. It did mine.
I am a former elementary school teacher, a full-time photographer, lover of all things French ( whose French is slowly improving), obsessive Paris traveler, enthusiastic church and community volunteer, and grandmother to 5 delightful grandchildren.
I fell in love with Paris in March 2007. It was as the French say, le coup de foudre : love at first sight. As a result of that trip, my photography took another direction. Since that time I have pursued a career of sorts in photography and dreamed of returning to the City of Light. November 2008 found me strolling the streets of Paris once again. My first visit I was so overwhelmed with the incredible beauty of the city, I photographed it as a "tourist". In 2008 I returned and I looked at the city with more of a photographer's eye. I wanted to capture the unique, the small details, and oh yes - the people! This blog was started as a photo diary of that trip, but I have been most fortunate to return to the city j'adore 15 times since. Each time I leave, I wipe a tear and start planning my list for the next trip. Paris may well be a moveable feast, but I think it's best savored in person! Someone told me that once you have been to Paris, you will leave a piece of your heart. I left mine right there, but I brought home some wonderful memories. It is my pleasure to share them with you.
13 comments:
Did you try Place du Terte in Montmartre?
Great smile.
I agree with Starman. He looks like maybe he enjoys painting rows of facades. So if he is not there....maybe along the Seine?
No wonder you search for him, his smile is warm and friendly.
He's very handsome. I saw a different guy at Place des Vosges -- I hope he didn't kick this one out!
My favorite street artist is Didier Lespagnole. He paints almost every Monday on Pont Neuf and has a booth on Saturday at Bastille. Here is an idea, even if you have never drawn a line in your life, even if what you draw does not look like art, you should take a sketch pad and a pencil and sit for a while somewhere like Place des Vosges and draw. It will transform your experience of Paris. It did mine.
My favorite street artist is Didier Lespagnole. He paints almost every Monday on Pont Neuf and has a booth on Saturday at Bastille. Here is an idea, even if you have never drawn a line in your life, even if what you draw does not look like art, you should take a sketch pad and a pencil and sit for a while somewhere like Place des Vosges and draw. It will transform your experience of Paris. It did mine.
I bet he would love your portrait of him! (You do have a way of capturing your subjects that's quite special, V.)
Tres charmant!
This is a face of happiness... It's in his eyes.. What a nice looking gentleman.
I think he was flirting with you.
Enchanté
What great and magnificent charisma he has, the artist.
Well caught
Hlsen from Denmark,
Dorthe
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